KNIGHT, Archibald Roland
| Service Number: | 251 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Balaclava, Vic., 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Teller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Sydney (ANZ) English, Scottish and Australian Bank Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 251, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 251, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 251, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 251 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Archibald and Laur KNIGHT
Trooper Roland Knight (killed in action) was the only son of Mr. Archibald Knight, of Power street, Hawthorn He was educated at the
Ballarat College, and was the senior petty officer of the Ballarat Naval Cadets on the formation of that corps. The Ballarat Naval Corps came into prominence subsequently by marching from Ballarat to Melbourne to take part in the demonstrations in connection with the arrival of the American fleet.
During the last eight years he had been in the service of the E.S. and A. Bank, and was teller (at the Canterbury branch at the outset of the war He was a born sportsman, and universally popular for his manly character.
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