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MCKNIGHT, Ernest Stanley

Service Number:	1230
Enlisted:	3 March 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Penrith, New South wales, Australia, 23 June 1888
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Optician
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1230, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
20 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1230, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 1230, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1230, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Landed at Anzac.
22 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1230, 18th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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