Donald Erskine KNIGHT

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KNIGHT, Donald Erskine

Service Number:	2762
Enlisted:	4 March 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 8 March 1918
Home Town:	Newstead, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Libya, 13 December 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 2762
4 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 2762
4 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 2762, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
1 Jul 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
2 Nov 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 2762, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Knight 2762 in Tomahawk AN285 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was shot down 50 miles south of Gazala - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt

Biography contributed

Donald Erskine KNIGHT was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 8th March, 1918

His parents were Evelyn Vernon KNIGHT & Ina Beresford MARTIN who married in Tasmania in 1910

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4 of his brothers served during WW2 including Lyn Geoffrey Reginald KNIGHT (SN 408032) RAAF who died accidentally in an aircraft accident in Deniliquin, NSW on 2nd February, 1943

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