Claude Leonard KNOWLES

Regimental number6/2683
AddressVicarage, Amberley
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Rev W F Knowles, The Vicarage, Amberley, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 27 Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the Rev. Walter Frank and Lizzie Knowles, 'Knowlholm', 61 Esplanade, New Brighton, North Beach, Christchurch. Native of Prebbleton, Canterbury
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2/599 Ernest Francis Hilary KNOWLES
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Sixth