Malcolm Sydney KNAPP

Malcolm Sydney KNAPP Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

KNAPP, Malcolm Sydney

Service Number:	108
Enlisted:	21 February 1915, Enlisted at Bridgetown, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mylor Bridge, Cornwall, England, January 1891
Home Town:	Boyup Brook, Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Hit by shell during advance, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boyup Brook War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

21 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 108, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bridgetown, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 108, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 108, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
22 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 108, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 108 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-29

Help us honour Malcolm Sydney Knapp's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Mar 1891 Knapp Malcolm Sydney Falmouth 5c 153

He was 25 and the son of Laurence and Julia Knapp.
Born at Mylor Bridge, Cornwall, England.
Mylor Bridge(Cornish: Ponsnowyth)] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in Mylor civil parish at the head of Mylor Creek, about five miles north of Falmouth.

His brother, John Lacy Knapp, also fell.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Laurence and Julia Knapp of Boyup Brook, WA.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia