Mervyn Digby KNIGHT MC

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Service Numbers:	129, Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, A Squadron original
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bristol, England, 1891
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Le Hamel, Valle de Somme, France, 6 July 1918
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 12 Aged 27
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 129, 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron original
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 129, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
15 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 129, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated sick to HS Gloucester Castle then to Helipolis
7 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd ANZAC Corps Mounted Regiment (XXII Corps)
2 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion
7 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion
13 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 60th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
31 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Polygon Wood, Date of recommendation 30 Sep 1917
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux
6 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-06
30 Jul 2019:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Mervyn Digby KNIGHT was born in Bristol, England in 1891

His parents were Henry KNIGHT & Sarah Jane RYNHART