RAPP, George Knight
| Service Number: | 2636 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rappville, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. France Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2636, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2636, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
George Knight Rapp
George Rapp was born in Rappville, NSW and attended school there, part of its first ever class. A farmer, George was a young, married man when he enlisted on 17 Aug 1916. He had married Ella Avice Whitton in 1913 and their only child, a son Norman, was born later that year. His Unit 41st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement embarked for Europe on board HMAT Kyarra on 17 Nov 1916. His rank during his service was Private.
George was sent to serve on the Western Front in France. Here he paid the supreme sacrifice when he was killed in action, aged 28 years, in France quite late in the war on 1 Sep 1918. He was serving with 41st Battalion AIF at the time. George Rapp is buried at Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France (Plot II, Row D, Grave No.19). He is honoured on Panel Number 134 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Submitted 1 January 2016 by Greg Hart
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