Leonard KNAPMAN DCM, MID

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KNAPMAN, Leonard

Service Number:	87
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 87, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Previously served with Household Cavalry, First and Second Life Guards, and Royal House Guards

Biography contributed by Cheryl Hutchins

Burra Record 14 March 1900

A social was given Mr Leonard Knapman, of Booborowie Station, on Saturday last, on the eve of his departure for the Transvaal. Mr Knapman will join the second contingent in Adelaide, but it is understood he will be transerred to the Life Guards on his arrival in South Africa. He was a Life Guardsman previous to his departure from the old country. Service No. 87

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