KNIGHT, Hugh McQueen
| Service Number: | 2929 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 24 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 1975, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW SALVATION ARMY-H. 11. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2929, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2929, 46th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 20 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 46th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
49 years ago today, on the 27th May 1975, Private Hugh McQueen Knight, 46th Battalion (Reg No-2929), carter from 72 King's Road, New Lambton, New South Wales, father of two (Jean Pamela & Hugh James), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 81. SALVATION ARMY-H. 11.
Born at Wickham, New South Wales on the 24th July 1893 to George and Grace Knight; husband of Beatrice Maud Knight nee Ray (married 1915, Wickham, N.S.W., died 4.2.1976, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 84, sleeping here) of 30 Gordon Avenue, Hamilton, New South Wales and 139 Beaumont Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Hugh enlisted on the 26th September 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Port Napier on the 17th November 1916.
Granted leave to England from 15.7.1918 to 3.8.1918.
Wounded in action - 25.8.1918 (gassed, slight).
Invalided to England 29.8.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 18.12.1918.
Hugh arrived home invalided on the 5th February 1919, being discharged medically unfit (gas poisoning) on the 20th March 1919.
Mr. Knight’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Hugh’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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