Osborne Peter NORTON-KNIGHT

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NORTON-KNIGHT, Osborne Peter

Service Number:	NX53868
Enlisted:	9 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	103 aka 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Madrass, India, 27 December 1910
Home Town:	Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kings School, Parramatta
Occupation:	Station Manager
Died:	Illness, Italy, 25 August 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Caserta War Cemetery, Caserta, Campania, Italy Plot VIII, Row B, Grave 5
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Gunner, NX53868, 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment AMF
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53868, 103 aka 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment

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Biography contributed

Osborne Peter NORTON KNIGHT was born in Madras, India on 27th December, 1910

His parents were Arthur Gerald NORTON KNIGHT & Mary Broughton OSBORNE

He married Mary Westropp CAREY in St Judes Church in Bowral NSW in 1940

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His brother Henry Osborne NORTON KNIGHT (SN NX85256) was Killed in Action in New Guinea on 1st January, 1943

The following brothers were both taken Prisoner of War during WW2 & returned to Australia

1. Gerald Osborne NORTON KNIGHT (SN NX53869)

2. Malcolm Osborne NORTON KNIGHT (SN NX53870)

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