Horace Vivian KNOTT

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Service Number:	SX3113
Enlisted:	21 May 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Payneham, South Australia, Australia, 1 November 1919
Home Town:	Payneham, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman (Hardware)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 September 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 15. Inscription: "HE DIED THAT HIS LOVED ONES MIGHT LIVE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Payneham RSL WW2 Honour Roll

21 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX3113, Adelaide, South Australia
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3113, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
8 Sep 1942:	Involvement Private, SX3113, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Milne Bay - Papua WW2
Date unknown:	Involvement

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