Private Harold Percival Knowling Service Number SX3901 of the 2/27th Australian Infantry Battalion
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling of North Norwood, SA (nee Kuchel)
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling, of North Norwood, South Australia.
Service Number: SX3901
Enlisted: 29 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Broken Hill, NSW, 14 February 1912
Home Town: Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 1 December 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
C5 B 22, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Mrs. E. Knowling, of Halifax street, Hilton, has been advised that her youngest son, Pte. H. P. Knowling, 29, has been wounded in action. Pte. Knowling enlisted in June, 1940, and went abroad in October. He was a member of the Semaphore Rifle Club before he enlisted.
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling of North Norwood, SA (nee Kuchel)
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling, of North Norwood, South Australia.
Service Number: SX3901
Enlisted: 29 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Broken Hill, NSW, 14 February 1912
Home Town: Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 1 December 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
C5 B 22, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Mrs. E. Knowling, of Halifax street, Hilton, has been advised that her youngest son, Pte. H. P. Knowling, 29, has been wounded in action. Pte. Knowling enlisted in June, 1940, and went abroad in October. He was a member of the Semaphore Rifle Club before he enlisted.
Private Harold Percival Knowling Service Number SX3901 of the 2/27th Australian Infantry Battalion
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling of North Norwood, SA (nee Kuchel)
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling, of North Norwood, South Australia.
Service Number: SX3901
Enlisted: 29 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Broken Hill, NSW, 14 February 1912
Home Town: Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 1 December 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
C5 B 22, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Mrs. E. Knowling, of Halifax street, Hilton, has been advised that her youngest son, Pte. H. P. Knowling, 29, has been wounded in action. Pte. Knowling enlisted in June, 1940, and went abroad in October. He was a member of the Semaphore Rifle Club before he enlisted.
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling of North Norwood, SA (nee Kuchel)
Son of Francis Richard and Ethelinda Knowling; husband of Thelma Hedwig Knowling, of North Norwood, South Australia.
Service Number: SX3901
Enlisted: 29 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Broken Hill, NSW, 14 February 1912
Home Town: Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 1 December 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
C5 B 22, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Mrs. E. Knowling, of Halifax street, Hilton, has been advised that her youngest son, Pte. H. P. Knowling, 29, has been wounded in action. Pte. Knowling enlisted in June, 1940, and went abroad in October. He was a member of the Semaphore Rifle Club before he enlisted.
Inscription
HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT ENJOY PEACE HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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