Private

Claude Leonard Knowles

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the Rev. Walter Frank and Lizzie Knowles, of "Knowlholm," 61, Esplanade, New Brighton, North Beach, Christchurch. Native of Prebbleton, Canterbury.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
6/2683
Name:
Claude Leonard Knowles
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Reverend W.F. Knowles (father), The Vicarage, Amberley, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Vicarage, Amberley, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
12 October 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
N.Z. Apse, Panel 2.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Claude Leonard Knowles
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