Adolf Thompson KNABLE

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KNABLE, Adolf Thompson

Service Number:	1603
Enlisted:	2 August 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 1895
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, Inscription: HE RESTS AT PEACE NEATH FOREIGN SKIES, WE ARE AT PEACE WITH WHERE HE LIES.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dardanup War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1603, Depot Battalion , Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
8 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Depot Battalion
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
1 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1603, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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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 Fromelles, Pas de Calais, France

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