Harold Percival KNOWLING

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KNOWLING, Harold Percival

Service Number:	SX3901
Enlisted:	29 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1912
Home Town:	Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 1 December 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 22. Inscription: "HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT ENJOY PEACE HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

29 May 1940:	Involvement Private, SX3901, 27th Infantry Battalion
29 May 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
29 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3901, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Mrs. E. Knowling, of Halifax street, Hilton, has been advised that her youngest son, Pte. H. P. Knowling, 29, has been wounded in action. Pte. Knowling enlisted in June, 1940, and went abroad in October. He was a member of the Semaphore Rifle Club before he enlisted.

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