Peter KNIGHT

KNIGHT, Peter

Service Number: 372
Enlisted: 21 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 1887
Home Town: Collie, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Hand
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial Panel 55, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 372, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 372, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 372, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Peter and Margret Knight of 75 Matlock Street, Mount Hawthorn, WA formerly of Lyall Mill, Collie, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal