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Service Number:	1247
Enlisted:	30 March 1915, Enlisted at Inesfail, QLD
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, Somme, France, 1 January 1917
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Plot V1, Row H, Grave 10 Headstone inscription reads: As the ivy clings to the oak so our memory clings to Thee, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

30 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1247, Enlisted at Inesfail, QLD
1 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 1247, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
1 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 1247, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
23 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1247, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Died at the 39 Casualty Clearing Station of multiple shell wounds to the chest, head and right thigh
1 Jan 1917:	Involvement Driver, 1247, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1247 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-01-01

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Only son of Joseph and Bianca Knall of Ravenswood Junction, QLD

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

Also served 2 years in the Ravenswood Junction Cadets