KNOWLES, Harold Chester
| Service Number: | 1869 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ross, Tasmania, Australia, 28 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 20 March 1962, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Ross War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1869, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1869, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide |
Cpl Harold Chester KNOWLES
From The Museum at The Tasmanian Wool Centre
HAROLD CHESTER KNOWLES
Harold enlisted in January 1915, at the age of 21. He served in the 15th Battalion. His father was George Knowles of Tunbridge. Like many of his fellow soldiers, Harold was a labourer before the war.
Harold was deployed on Gallipoli in July 1915 but spend much of his time there sick with dysentrery. In June 1916, he arrived in France and served in a number of units, both at the front and behind the lines. He returned to Australia in 1919, having reached the rank of Corporal.
After the war, Harold returned to Tunbridge and worked as a porter for the railways.
He married Ida Daniels and in 1934, he and Ida move to the Cressy area and later to Launceston. Harold enlisted in WWII along with his two sons Arthur and Bruce.
Harold’s story is part of our exhibition: Our Grateful Thanks and Loving Remembrance, a moving and deeply personal exhibition remembering the soldiers whose names are immortalised on the Ross War Memorial.
http://www.taswoolcentre.com.au/blog/new-exhibition-at-the-tasmanian-wool-centre-museum
Submitted 10 April 2020 by Evan Evans
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