Place of birth | Benalla, Victoria |
School | State School, Benalla, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Nurse |
Address | Benalla, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Father, J B Knox, Shire Secretary, Benalla, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Sister |
Unit name | 14th Australian General Hospital |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/101/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A63 Karoola on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sister |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Nursing Service |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
Place of burial | St. Sever Cemetery (Officers Block, Plot B, Row 4, Grave No. 10), Rouen, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 188 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Isabella KNOX of Benalla, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers:14312 Private James Baldock KNOX, 3rd Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia 9 July 1919; 15220 Private Robert Gordon Duncan KNOX, 14th Australian General Hospital, drowned 8 January 1917; 942 Private Francis Walters Baldock KNOX, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia 11 July 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Promoted to Nursing Sister 1 December 1915. Left Suez for Australia per H.T. 'Argyllshire' on nursing duties with 1st Australian General Hospital, 3 March 1916. Re-embarked per 'Karoola' at Melbourne for duty with the 14th Australian General Hospital 19 August 1916; disembarked Suez 20 September 1916. Transferred to H.S. 'Essequibo' 16 January 1917 and embarked for England ex Alexandria. Arrived in England for Imperial Service in France 26 January 1917; left England for duty in France 8 February 1917. Attached to 11th British Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 11 February 1917. Died en-route to 8th General Hospital, Rouen, of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |