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John Valentine KNOWLES

Regimental number2847
Place of birthEast Melbourne Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSalesman
AddressIllawarra Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, E M Knowles, 41 Illawarra Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 37), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth KNOWLES, 35 Wandin Road, East Camberwell, Victoria. Native of Hawthorn, Victoria

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