Robert Knilands

1883 - 1917  (33 years)

• Name	Robert Knilands
  Birth	9 Sep 1883	Fortrose, Southland, New Zealand
  Gender	Male
  Military Beginning	1917	New Zealand   [1, 2]
  	SurnameKNILANDS Given NameRobert CategoryNominal Roll Vol. 2 Regimental Number26858 RankPrivate Next of Kin TitleMrs Ruth Olive Next of Kin SurnameKNILANDS Next of Kin RelationshipWife Next of Kin Address36 Bath Street Parnell Auckland Roll41 Page6 OccupationLabourer
  Death	7 Jun 1917	West Flanders, Belgium   [3]
  	Name: KNILANDS, ROBERT Initials: R Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Unit Text: 1st Bn. Date of Death: 07/06/1917 Service No: 26858 Additional information: Husband of Ruth Olive Rosson (formerly Knilands), of Hastings, Napier. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.) MEMORIAL NZEF No 26858
  		KNILANDS Robert 1917 KIA France
  AAA Last Date	19 Dec 2020
  Person ID	I5502	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Family	Ruth Olive Cochrane,   b. 8 Mar 1894, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand d. 15 Oct 1975, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1916	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [4]
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 18 May 1916 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] NZEF Enlistment Records: NZEF WW1 & 2. [S16] NZEF Enlistment Records: NZEF WW1 & 2, New Zealand, World War 11 Ballot Lists, 1940 - 1945 - Military Area No 5, Wellington - via Ancestry- The NZ Gazette. [S37] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Record Type: Transcription, (Name: 1999;), Udine War Cemetery, Italy, Grave Ref IV. E. 15, Subject: War Records, Url: http://www.cwgc.org/. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1916 Folio No 2775.