KNOX, Errol Galbraith
| Service Number: | VX91041 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 25 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wentworthville, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street High School; Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Mount St. Evin's Hospital, 17 October 1949, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woodend Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX91041 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Sir E. Knox Dies After Short Illness
Sir Errol Galbraith Knox, joint managing director of the Argus and Australasian Ltd. died in Mount St. Evin's Hospital yesterday, aged 60. He took ill while returning from England by air, and was admitted to hospital on Thursday last, when the aircraft arrived in Melbourne.
Sir E. Knox joined the "Argus" and "Australasian" in 1937 as managing editor. He was appointed joint managing director last June, after nine years as managing director. After studylng
at the Sydney University, Sir E. Knox joined the Sydney "Sunday
Times." Five years later he enlisted in the A.I.F. and attained
the rank of major in the Australian Flying Corps.
After the first war he was appointed news editor of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," then managing editor of the "Evening News" and a director of Associated Newspapers, Sydney.
In 1940 he was elected president of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association.
When war in the Pacific broke out in 1941, he became Director of Army Public Relations, with the honorary rank of Brigadier.
In the last New Year honors he was made a knight bachelor.
Committee Work
Sir E. Knox was chairman of the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary (Healesville) committee, and was a member of the committees of the National Museum and St. Vincent's Hospital.
He was chairman of the Hanging Rock Racing Club and a member of all metropolitan racing clubs.
Sir E. Knox leaves a wife, a son (Peter), now in England, and two daughters, Patricia (Mrs. Henry Steel) and Pamela, who is studying at the University of Melbourne.
Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Simonds at St. Patrick's Cathedral at 10 a.m. to-morrow, before the funeral leaves the cathedral for Woodend Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are being made by Tobin Bros., Melbourne.
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