Ernest Cyril KNIGHT

KNIGHT, Ernest Cyril

Service Number: 1393
Enlisted: 3 March 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 36th Infantry Battalion
Born: Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1896
Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Paddington Public School
Occupation: Drover / Stockman
Died: 3 March 1944, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)
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World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1393, 36th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
13 May 1916: Involvement Driver, 1393, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916: Embarked Driver, 1393, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Elizabeth KNIGHT, 27a Oatley Road, Paddington, New South Wales.

Suffered injuries caused by accident 13 May 1917 and invalided to Oxford Hospital England where he spent three months before returning to duty.