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Christopher Ian Knight

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Christopher Ian AWMM
  • Surname
    Knight AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    62070 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 50 Marine Parade, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.M. Knight (wife), 50 Marine Parade, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    62070 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Metal Window Maker/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Jill Knight

    Funeral service held at Ranfurly Veterans' Home, Royal Oak on 9 January 1997. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 January 1998 AWMM
    Three Kings, Auckland City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 January 1998 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • In memory of my father who transported frank Hurley photographer around various war zones
    Public - trevor lloyd - Child - 5 August 2016
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 194 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 January 1998 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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