
KNOX, William
Service Numbers: | 3377, 3377A |
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Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Dookie, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dookie, Vic., 1879 |
Home Town: | Dookie, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 November 1916 |
Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen O II I 2 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dookie Enlistments Great European War Roll of Honor, Dookie War Memorial, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes |
World War 1 Service
13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3377, 8th Infantry Battalion, Dookie, Vic. | |
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11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3377, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3377, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide | |
18 Nov 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3377A, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3377A awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Marie Jane McCAW (Formerly KNOX), and the late Joseph KNOX, Dookie, Victoria
HE LIVES IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES AT HOME IN DOOKIE,VICTORIA
KNOX.—On the 18th November, 1916, William Knox, of wounds received on active service in France, beloved son of Mrs. McCaw, and the late Joseph Knox, of Dookie.
"He has fought the good fight."
—(J. Knox, Dookie.)