Herbert Roy KNOWLES

Regimental number20363
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, R H Knowles, Dalefield, Carterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 14 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Special Memorial A. 1), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Jessie Knowles, Dalefield, Carterton, Wairarapa
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 11

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