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William KNOX

Regimental number3377
Place of birthDookie Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressStone Lands, Dookie, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 2), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Marie Jane McCAW (Formerly KNOX), and the late Joseph KNOX, Dookie, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1863 Pte Robert Wright KNOX, 37th Bn, returned to Australia, 6 June 1918.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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