MCKNIGHT, Kevin Harold
| Service Number: | 415347 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1941, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 463 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | West Leederville, Western Australia , 22 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk - Union Bank Western Branch Perth |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 26 February 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Liesse Communal Cemetery Mil. Plot. Row D. Coll. grave 7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW2 Roll of Honor |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 415347 | |
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| 14 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 415347, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Perth, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harold Arthur and Alice Mary McKnight, of Fremantle, Western Australia.
WA Footballer
In Stettin Raid
Pilot Officer Kevin McKnight, ex-South Fremantle footballer, was among the pilots from Bomber Command who raided Stettin on Wednesday night. He is the only son of Mr H. A. McKnight, manager of the Fremantle branch of the Union Bank of Australia, and before enlisting was also in the employ of the Union Bank. Educated at Christian Brothers' College, McKnight was captain of the Achilles football team and then he went to Fremantle to link up with South Fremantle, playing in the ruck throughout the 1941 season. McKnight is 6ft. 1in. tall, weighs 13 stone and is 23.
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