Adolf Thompson KNABLE

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KNABLE, Adolf Thompson

Service Number:	1603
Enlisted:	3 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 1894
Home Town:	Wellington Mills, Dardanup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot II, Row E, Grave No 14, Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dardanup War Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Pte Knable was originally "Known unto God" after the brutal Battle of Fromelles and memorialised at V.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. He was identified in a mass grave constructed by the Germans at Pheasant Wood until the mass grave was found by the tenacious Lambis Englezos and Fallen Digger friends both Australian and French. Marvellous work was then done to ID his remains.

Pte Knable now lies properly recognized and at peace in Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 14), Frmelles, Pas de Calais, France

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