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KNUCKEY, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4716 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1915, Place of enlistment - Casula New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stithians, Cornwall England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot IV, Row A, Grave 3 INSCRIPTION THE BATTLE'S FOUGHT THE VICTORY WON AND NOW HE TAKES HIS HERO HOME [This inscription was also chosen for his brother's wargrave.] , Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilgandra War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4716, 20th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Casula New South Wales | |
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| 13 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4716, 20th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A40' Ceramic from Sydney 0n 13th April 1916. Proceed to France from Folkestone on 9th September 1916. | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4716, 20th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery |
Personal Stories
from Merv Knuckey family information
21 Knuckey sons fought in WW1 of which 3 died. Two KIA, one drowned and one died of wounds. James was born 1894 at Perranworthal, Cornwell and died 3rd May 1917 at Bullecourt France. Two brothers James and John left England came to Australia joined the AIF and were both killed. James, 4716 Private, 20th Battln killed in action 3rd May 1917 aged 23 years.
Submitted 27 April 2015 by Marcelle Edwards
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother, Private John Knuckey, Service Number 4714 aged 21 also fell whilst serving in the 20th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Elizabeth Jane KNUCKEY, Pembrouth, Stithians, Perranwell, Cornwall, England
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