John KNOWLES

Regimental number11/783
Addressc/o Dalgety and Co, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, Richard Knowles, Ingleboro, Geraldine, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Verdala on 14 December 1914
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of disease 16 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBelgrade Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 9), nr Namur, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Mary Knowles, Balham, Yorks, England
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Second