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KNIGHT, Charles Rigby

Service Number:	3558
Enlisted:	20 October 1915, Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Manchester, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Milk Carter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 June 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Row I, Grave 41
Memorials:	Manly War Memorial NSW

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3558, 19th Infantry Battalion, Holsworthy, NSW
12 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3558, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3558, 19th Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action Preliminary Operations France

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Enlisted as KNIGHT, Charles

Son of Harriet RIGBY of Manchester, England

"HE ANSWERED THE CALL"