Soldier profiles
Name : FRED, KNUT
Service Number : SX19040
Date of Birth : 03/08/1922
Place of Birth : FINLAND
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 03/01/1943
Locality on Enlistment : GAWLER WEST, SA
Place of Enlistment : WAYVILLE, SA
Next of Kin : O'NEILL, F
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 08/08/1946
Date Died : 01/08/2011
Age at Death : 88
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : ENFIELD MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. SECTION RETURNED SERVICES. ROW O. SITE NUMBER 9.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6645203 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 9901719 [DIGITISED], Barcode 7827837 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 7026179 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 783012 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 31676882 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Alias Knut Wilhelm Fred, alias Knut Wilhelm Erickson. First Knut Fred was interned as an alien in South Australia. Then he enlisted as Knut Fred. After the war, he was naturalised. Finally, he was buried in Enfield Cemetery, Clearview, South Australia as Knut Wilhelm Erickson. Grant expiry date 05/08/2061.
