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KNIGHT, Eric Alfred Walter

Service Number:	VX28196
Enlisted:	18 June 1940, Taken on strength R.R.D. Caulfield on 18/06/1940 and transferred to the 5th Infantry Brigade Training Depot in Colac, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Division Cavalry Regiment
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1917
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Servery Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 24 October 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery XXII. C. 22.,
Memorials:	Rocky Creek 9th Division Cavalry Regiment & 2nd / 9th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Trooper, VX28196, 9th Division Cavalry Regiment
18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Trooper, VX28196, 5th Infantry Brigade Train, Taken on strength R.R.D. Caulfield on 18/06/1940 and transferred to the 5th Infantry Brigade Training Depot in Colac, Victoria.
18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX28196
1 Jul 1940:	Transferred Trooper, 8th Cavalry Regiment, The 8th Division Cavalry Regiment was formed in July 1940 when it was raised around the nucleus of two squadrons from the 7th Cavalry Regiment. Based in Seymour, in Victoria, the regiment trained on Vickers light tanks and machine gun carriers but in February 1941 the unit was redesignated the 9th Cavalry Regiment.
11 Sep 1940:	Transferred Trooper, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Transferred from the 5th Infantry Training Depot to the 8th Division Cavalry Regiment in Seymour, Victoria.
10 Apr 1941:	Embarked Trooper, VX28196, 9th Division Cavalry Regiment , Embarked on HMT MM Convoy US. 10 on 10/04/1941.
14 May 1941:	Embarked Trooper, VX28196, 9th Division Cavalry Regiment , The 9th Division Cavalry Regiment disembarked in Egypt on 14/05/1941.
24 Oct 1942:	Wounded Trooper, VX28196, 9th Division Cavalry Regiment , El Alamein, Trooper Knight was killed in action during the second day of battle at El Alamein (2nd) in Egypt on 24/10/1942.

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