John Thomas Kneebone (1891 - 1948)

Born 1891 in Seymour, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude Olive (Willey) Kneebone — married 1917 in Victoria, Australia

Died 8 Jun 1948 at about age 57 in Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

John Thomas Kneebone was born in 1891 in Seymour, Victoria, Australia, the son of Helen (Smith) Kneebone and William Kneebone. ^[1]

He married Gertrude Olive Willey in 1917 in Victoria.^[2] Their children included:

1. Jack Kneebone, born 1919^[3]
2. Arthur Thomas Kneebone, born 1921
3. William John Kneebone, born about 1927

He died in 1948 in Caulfield, Victoria, aged 57 years.^[4]

John Thomas Kneebone served in World War 1^[5]

Thomas KNEEBONE

Thomas Kneebone is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Regimental number: 658

Place of birth: Seymour Victoria

Religion: Methodist

Occupation: Cabinetmaker

Address: McDonald Street, Northcote, Victoria

Marital status: Single

Age at embarkation: 23

Next of kin: Helen Kneebone, Mcdonald Street, Northcote, Victoria

Enlistment date: 11 January 1915

Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll: 6 January 1915

Rank on enlistment: Private

Unit name: 21st Battalion, C Company

AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/38/1

Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915

Rank from Nominal Roll: Private

Unit from Nominal Roll: 21st Battalion

Fate: Returned to Australia 28 January 1916

Miscellaneous information from cemetery records: Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance

Family/military connections: Brother: 1374 Pte William John KNEEBONE, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 17 March 1916.

Date of death: 8 June 1948

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Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Family name: KNEEBONE, Given name(s): Jno Thos, Event: births, Mother's name: Ellen, Mother's family name at birth: SMITH, Father's name: Wm, Place of birth: SEMOUR, Reg. year: 1891, Reg. number: 6956/1891
2. ↑ Marriage record: 8904 / 1917. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Gert Olive WILLEY and Jno Thos KNEEBONE)
3. ↑ (son) Birth record: 9036 / 1919. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Jack KNEEBONE); (Place: BOX HILL, VIC); (Mother: Gerte Olive WILLEY); (Father: Jno Thomas)
4. ↑ Death record: 5482 / 1948. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: John Thomas KNEEBONE); (Place of birth: CHILTERN); (Place of death: CAULFIELD); (Age at death: 57); (Mother: Helen SMITH); (Father: KNEEBONE William John)
5. ↑ The AIF Project, UNSW Canberra, Thomas KNEEBONE