Oscar Bruno Knappsberg
Born | 1890 |
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Place | Svatro (Mustio), Nylands, Finland |
Ethnic origin | Finnish |
Religion | Methodist |
Father | Frans Oscar Knappsberg |
Mother | Josefina Karolina Knappsberg |
Arrived at Australia |
on ca 1914 |
Residence before enlistment | Kurrajong, NSW; Gladstone, Qld |
Occupation | Labourer |
Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject |
Service #1
Service number | 6096 |
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Enlisted | 7.09.1916 |
Place of enlistment | Bundaberg, Qld |
Unit | 25th Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Place | Western Front, 1917 |
Final fate | DOW 7.05.1917 |
Cemetery | 512 Grevillers British Cemetery, France |
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised Roll of Honour circular (AWM)
The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (6096) Private Oscar Bruno Knappsberg (AWM) (video)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
A mother's thanks. - Windsor and Richmond Gazette, NSW, 2 July 1920, p. 5.
Gallery
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Oscar Bruno Knappsberg
Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 19 May 1917, p. 23
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AWM memorial panel 105