Regimental number | 2945 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Weelarra, Young, New South Wales |
School | Stony Creak Lower Public School,; Young District School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Wee Larra, Young, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Father, John Edwin McKnight, Wee Larra, Young, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 55th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/72/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, The rock branch, 22 April 1915. Transferred to Tumut branch, July 1915. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension (Row C, Grave No. 21), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 275. |