KNIGHT, Harry Francis
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Glenelg, South Australia, 15 November 1909 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Westbourne Park School and Unley High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Angle Park Memorial Villas & Flagpole, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Mar 1947: | Discharged | |
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| Date unknown: | Honoured Distinguished Service Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Harry Francis Knight is 31, and has heen in the Navy 16 years. He began as a boy on the training ship Tinglara, and then went through a naval depot. He has served in the Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and the aircraft carrier Albatross. He was in the original crew that went to England to bring out the Perth. C.P.O. Knight was educated at the Westbourne Park School and Unley High School. A brother, Sgt. M. W. Knight, was. with the A.I.F. in Singapore when that city was taken by the Japanese C.P.O. Knight's parents and sister live in Cumberland avenue, Cumberland.
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