KNIGHT, Cecil Triba
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clare, South Australia, Australia, 4 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gladstone Public School |
| Occupation: | Cordial Manufacturer |
| Died: | Unley Park, South Australia, Australia, 16 July 1947, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Gladstone Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Unley South Park Bowling Club Memorial, Unley Wayville Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Major, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Major, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide |
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Cecil Triba (sometimes spelt Tribe) Knight (1881 - 1947), cordial manufacturer and soldier, was born on the 4th of June, 1881, in Clare, South Australia and grew up in Port Pirie, South Australia. His parents were Barrington John Knight and his father's second wife, Elise Mary Allen. He was half brother to Lional Barrington Knight, and full brother to Clarence Burton Knight, Hirell Julia Knight, Muriel Grant Knight and Garda Isabelle Knight. He married Marion Gertrude White on the 14th of September, 1909, in St John Church, Adelaide. His first child, daughter Constance Mary Knight was born in 1910, soon followed by his second daughter, Dora Gertrude Knight, born in 1911.
He enlisted for war on the 11th of August, 1915, when he was aged 34, and was promoted to the rank of Major the same day. He embarked from Adelaide with the 32nd Infantry Battalion on the 18th November, 1915, aboard the HMAT A2 'Geelong'. He fought in the Western Front and fortunately survived. He returned to Australia on the 5th of November, 1917. His son, Warren Reay Knight, was later born in 1922. Cecil Knight died on the 16th of July, 1947, aged 66, in Unley Park, South Australia. His cause of death is unknown.