Identity
Title
Forenames
Reginald Albert AWMM
Surname
Knight AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Reg AWMM
Service number
35687 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
16 July 1918 AWMM AWMM
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Pre 1 June 1940 AWMM 60 Queens Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mrs J.P.N. Knight (wife), 20 Milverton Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 1 February 1941
AWMM Married AWMM
Service
Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Suspected malaria but turned out to be OK AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Admitted to hospital in Helwan AWMM
Biographical information
Mr Knight enlisted in June 1940 and entered camp in October or November 1940
Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999. When the Nieuw Amsterdam embarked at Wellington for Egypt on 1 February 1941 it had on board the Third section of the 4th Reinforcements of 2NZEF (181 officers and 3559 other ranks). This included the 8 Field Company, 18 Army Troops Company, 21 Mechanical Equipment Company, 36 Survey Battery and 3 General Hospital. AWMM
Death
Death
Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Cremated at Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Niche Wall B - Side 1 Row B Plot 2 AWMM
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 5 March 2012 AWMM
Memorial name
Memorial reference
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Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- The New Zealand Herald AWMM
- The New Zealand Herald AWMM
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
WW2 3: WW2 259 AWMM - The New Zealand Herald AWMM
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 5 March 2012 AWMM - Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
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