In loving memory of
Rev. Walter F KNOWLES
1857 – [22 March] 1932
Also his beloved wife
Lizzie
1861 – [13 January] 1932
also their beloved son
Claude Leonard
Killed at Passchendaele
12th October 1917
aged 23

Probate for Walter Frank KNOWLES New Brighton – Clerk Holy Order
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20185224

Star , Issue 4684, 4 May 1883, Page 2
MARRIAGES.
Knowles— Holmes.— April 30, at the Pro-Cathedral Church, Wellington, by the Right Rev the Bishop of Dunedin, assisted by the Rev Francis Knowles, the Rev Walter Frank Knowles, lately of Balclutha,Otago, to Lizzie, second daughter of R. T. Holmes, Esq , Thorndon, Wellington.[1]

At time of death:
Walter of 61 Esplanade, New Brighton, Clergyman; born Pigeon Bay
Lizzie of 61 Esplanade, New Brighton; born England

Claude’s Cenotaph database record [with portrait]:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/8405.detail?Or…

Claude’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=847775

Claude’s military records are available with restrictions:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=18057996

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 100, 25 October 1917, Page 7
Claude listed as dying of wounds. His father at the time living in Amberley.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…

References:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…

with thanks to Sarndra Lees