Albert Edward KNAGGS

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Service Number:	7893
Enlisted:	3 March 1913
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS AE2 (Submarine)
Born:	Bristol, England, 12 August 1881
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Sailor, R.N. and R.A.N.
Died:	Typhoid and malaria whilst a POW, Belemedik, Turkey, 22 October 1916, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery XXI. L. 1., Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2), Teneriffe Submariners Walk

3 Mar 1913:	Enlisted 7893

30 Apr 1915:	Imprisoned Taken Prisoner of War by the Turks
22 Oct 1916:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 7893, HMAS AE2 (Submarine)

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Albert Edward KNAGGS was born in Bristol, England on 12th August, 1881

His parents were Henry Stephen KNAGGS & Louisa ALDERMAN

He married Sarah Ann SHAW in Bristol, UK in 1905

Albert was taken prisoner of war by the Turks on 30th April, 1915 and died of Illness on 22nd October, 1916

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Ballarat Prisoner of War Memorial