KNIGHTLY, Alfred Rainald
Service Number: | 325 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Tottenham, Middlesex, England, 26 July 1885 |
Home Town: | Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Timekeeper |
Died: | Manly, New South Wales, 16 August 1952, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Brisbane M.W.S. & S.B. Roll of Honour (Original), Brisbane Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board Roll of Honor, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 325, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
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25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 325, Brisbane, Queensland | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 325, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
28 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Infantry Battalion, (NAA,Pg-36) | |
4 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-36) | |
5 Oct 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-8) | |
12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-8) | |
29 Jun 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
21 Aug 1917: | Honoured Military Cross | |
1 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 9th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-11) | |
4 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 325, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged: 04/04/1919, [1st M.D.] 1st Medical District-Brisbane, Qld; (NAA, Pg-40). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Charles James KNIGHTLEY, & Alice Jane (nee BARRAT) KNIGHTLEY, of Fulham, Middlesex, England.
[Alfred Raynold] Born: Alfred Rainald KNIGHTLEY, 26/07/1885, Tottenham, Middlesex, England.
This information can be referenced: (NAA) National Archives of Australia - Service Record of Major (Last Rank): Alfred Rainald KNIGHTLEY, SN-325; (NAA, Pg's-23, 24; Letters to London, Headquarters).
Spouse: Ethel Elise Enid Carroll (nee LOE) KNIGHTLEY.