KNOX, William Robert
| Service Number: | 3378 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dookie, Vic., 1885 |
| Home Town: | Dookie, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 22 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV II 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dookie Enlistments Great European War Roll of Honor, Dookie War Memorial, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, Shepparton & District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3378, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3378, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3378, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 3378, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3378 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert and Mary Jane Knox, of Redhill, Dookie, Victoria, Australia.
KNOX.- Died of wounds, at the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, France, on 21st September, 1917, Private William Robert Knox, 6th Battn., dearly loved son of Mary Jane and the late Robert Knox, of Dookie, and brother of Mrs. Watt, Lizzie, Tom, Mrs. W. Le Lievre, Joe, Jack, Andy, Mrs. S. Robinson, Mrs. J. Hetherington, Kitty, Ethel, and Arthur Knox, aged 32 years. Two years and two months active service.
"His duty nobly done."
William Robert Knox, of Dookie, farmer, who was killed in action in France on September 2nd., 1917, left by will dated January 26th., 1915, real estate valued at £1958, and personal property valued at £1207, to his father, who predeceased tesator.
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