KNIGHT, Albert Ernest William
| Service Numbers: | S24156, 416863 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1941, Port Augusta, SA |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 463 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Willunga, South Australia, Australia, 15 November 1919 |
| Home Town: | Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Port Augusta Higher Primary School, Stotts Business College |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Niederarndorf, Germany, 14 February 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Plot 2, Row A, Grave 17 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Port Augusta District WW2 Honour Board, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Port Augusta Soldiers' Memorial Band Rotunda, Port Augusta Swimming Club Memorial Garden and Arch |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S24156, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Port Augusta, SA | |
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| 11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416863, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ernest Ralph Knight and Jessie Annie (nee Young) Knight of Commercial Road, Port Augusta, South Australia
His duty nobly done. Ever remembered by his loved ones
Plane was Lancaster MN721 while on air operations over Germany targeting Rostiz and was hit by flak over the target and just prior to releasing its bomb load. Three of the crew were Australians.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
LANCASTER FAILS TO RETURN
FROM MISSION
Mrs. J. A. Knight, of the Swan Cafe, Commercial Road, was officially advised by telegram early this week that her second son, W.O. A. E. W. (Bert) Knight, who had been serving with the RAAF in England for nearly two years, is missing, the Lancaster bomber in which he was navigator failing to return from a mission over Germany on February 15.
W.O. Knight was educated at the Port Augusta school and Stott's Business College, trained in Australia and left for England in June, 1943. While attached to the Bomber Command he took part in a number of raids over Germany and other enemy territory. In a letter received last week by his mother he related how in January he had a remarkable escape from serious injury, and perhaps death, when enemy gun fire blew away the bomb sight and other parts of the plane a few inches away from him.
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