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Leslie John Knight

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie John AWMM
  • Surname
    Knight AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    21627 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 June 1920 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kawhia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer, Te Kuiti, New Zealand/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A H Knight (father), Rata Street, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    21627 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Te Kuiti, Waikato AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Peggy; father of Audrey-Anne, Robyn, Carol, Les, Rex and Lance

    Author of "A Guide to Training Sheep Dogs in New Zealand"1984,Dewey Number 636.73 Libraries Australia ID3899718 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 March 2005 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    Te Kuiti, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Hamilton Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Newstead, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM
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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 104 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM

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