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KNAPSEY, Reuben
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6295 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1916, Allocated to 20th Reinforcement’s for the 6th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 1st July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kildonan Presbyterian Home for Boys, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Horse Breaker |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Casterton, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1938 |
| Cemetery: |
Casterton Old Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Kildonan Boys Honour Board, Melbourne Kildonan Presbyterian Homes for Children Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6295, 6th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 20th Reinforcement’s for the 6th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 1st July 1916 | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6295, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6295, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field France | |
| 6 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Depot Battalion , Transferred to Number 1 Command Depot UK for convalescence post injury to foot Remained in UK due to illness and further injury | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6295, 6th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit on HT Suffolk Diphtheria | |
| 13 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6295, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit |
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