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William Duncan Knaggs

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 23), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 23), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Duncan AWMM
  • Surname
    Knaggs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 26/350 AWMM
    • WWII NZ5127 AWMM
    • WWII 5127 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 June 1894 BDM Pahiatua, Wairarapa BDM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 D.W. Knaggs (father), Omaha, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    14 February 1923 AWMM Married AWMM
    Lilian Joyce BARNES AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Railway hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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  • Second child to Duncan William & Eva Clara (Rollinson) KNAGGS

    Children: Douglas Raymond KNAGGS and Dawn Shirley KNAGGS. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 October 1963 Military Personnel File
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waipukurau Public Cemetery Central Hawkes Bay New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      23: 2 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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