词条 | Frederick Kneeshaw |
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Frederick Percival Kneeshaw {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} (6 August 1883 – 3 February 1955) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician. He was born in Canterbury, the son of John Kneeshaw and Annie Gleeson. In 1891 he moved to Sydney, where he attended Sydney Technical College and became an engineer, initially with the tramway. He served in the 6th Field Artillery Brigade during World War I, serving in Egypt, France and Belgium and being mentioned in despatches in 1916. He attained the rank of major, but was wounded in 1917 and discharged as medically unfit. A general manager of the Kandos Cement Company from 1922, he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1934 to 1949, first as a member of the United Australia Party and then for the Liberal Party. Kneeshaw died at Killara in 1955.[1] References1. ^{{cite web | last = Parliament of New South Wales | first = | authorlink = Parliament of New South Wales | coauthors = | title = Mr Frederick Percival Kneeshaw, O.B.E. (1883-1955) | work = Former Members | publisher = Parliament of New South Wales | year = 2008 | url = http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/516ffeef5babb1ceca256e7f001ee8a5?OpenDocument | format = | doi = | accessdate = 29 August 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kneeshaw, Frederick}} 8 : 1883 births|1955 deaths|United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales|Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|20th-century Australian politicians|People from Canterbury, New Zealand |
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