Wesley Bowden KNAPMAN

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KNAPMAN, Wesley Bowden

Service Number:	PA2000
Enlisted:	7 January 1941, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Engine Room Artificer IV
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 23 June 1903
Home Town:	McLaren Flat, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Alberton Public School and St Peter's College
Occupation:	Vigeron/Fitter and Turner
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, McLaren Vale Memorial Wall, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

7 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Engine Room Artificer V, PA2000, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Port Adelaide, South Australia
7 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, PA2000
20 Nov 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Engine Room Artificer IV, PA2000, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed

Engineroom Artificer Wesley Bowden Knapman, 38, was a vigneron at McLaren Flat when he left to join the navy in January, 1940. He served in a minesweeper and recently transferred to the Sydney. The only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Knapman, of Alberton, he was born at Port Adelaide, and educated at Alberton School and St. Peter's College. His wife and their daughter Christobel (5) are living at Surrey street, Grange.

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