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Private WILLIAM DOUGLAS KNIGHT

Service Number: 59920
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. Headstone 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Douglas and Ellen Knight. Born at Dannevirke, New Zealand. His brothers George and Herbert also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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