KNOWLES, John
| Service Number: | NX26019 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Bolton, England, 27 May 1900 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness - Dysentry & Malaria, Borneo, 20 February 1945, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan War Memorial, Malaysia Panel 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Dunoon District War Memorial, Dunoon St. Matthew's Anglican Church HR |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX26019 | |
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| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Gunner, NX26019, 2nd/15th Field Regiment | |
| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX26019, 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Anthony and Sarah Knowles; husband of Irene Elizabeth Knowles, of Dunoon, New South Wales
Gunner John Knowles, 2/15th Field Regiment, 8th Division, who died in a Japanese prison camp last March, from dysentry and malaria. Gunner Knowles enlisted in Lismore over five years ago, and was in action when Singapore fell. He was born in Lancashire, England, 50 years ago, and came to Australia with his parents' when 17 years of age. He enlisted while living at Bangalow and spent three years' service in the 1914-18 war, fighting in France.
He married at Bangalow, in 1920, Miss Irene Rose, who sur vives him. He is also survived by his son Russell, and daughter Verla, of Dunoon; also his mother, Mrs. T. A. Knowles, of Conway Street, Lismore; one sister, Mrs. T. Bailey, of Webster Street, South Lismore, and three brothers, Messrs. Anthony (Millaa Millaa, Queensland), William (Alstonville), and Ben (Nimbin). Gunner Knowles went to Dunoon in 1920 where he took up farming, and lived there until the time of his enlistment.
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