KNOX, Norman Frederick
| Service Number: | 4136 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 8 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Claremont |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, MR26 part IV K.M., Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll, Fremantle Scots Church Memorial To The Fallen, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Nedlands Scotch College WW1 Honour Roll, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Subiaco Municipal Honour Roll, Subiaco Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4136, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion, B Company | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4136, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4136, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen Harmer
Norman Frederick Knox was born in Fremantle on the 8.8.1893 to Frederick and Christina Knox. He had three siblings: Eliza, Mabel and Vernon and the family lived in Hampton Road, Fremantle. Norman was educated at Scotch College. He enlisted on the 2.9.15 at Perth, was appointed a Private with Service number 4136. He was aged 22 years 1 month, a Clerk and Presbyterian. Norman was described as being 5 feet 9 inches tall with a chest measurement of 34-38 inches, sallow complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. When Norman enlisted, he was engaged and he initially recorded his next of kin as Eileen May Knox, his wife. However, the marriage was put off. His mother wrote a letter to the Army stating that he was never married and Eileen provided a letter to confirm this. Norman began training at Blackboy Hill on the 13.9.15 with the 11th Infantry Battalion. On the 8.11.1915, he was promoted to Corporal with B Company. He embarked at Fremantle on HMAT Borda on the 17.1.1916, arriving on the 9.2.16 at Suez. He left Alexandria for France on the 29.3.16, where the battalion served near Fleurbaix. On 21.4.16, Norm was sent to the 3rd Field Ambulance with influenza and returned to his unit on the 5.5.16. In July the 11th Battalion was sent to the Somme battlefield. He was killed in action between the 22 and 25.7.1916 at Pozières, aged 22. His body was never found, so he is commemorated at the Memorial in Villers Bretonneux MR26 part IV K.M. His personal effects returned were a razor strop, nail clippers and a hold-all.
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