Edgar James KNIGHT

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Service Numbers:	1670, QX7180
Enlisted:	8 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Australian General Hospital
Born:	Cheltenham, England, 2 January 1899
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 23 June 1972, aged 73 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:

8 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1670, Brisbane, Queensland
12 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1670, 52nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
12 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1670, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1670, 49th Infantry Battalion

23 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7180, General Hospitals - WW2
31 Jul 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7180, 2nd/1st Australian General Hospital

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1668 Pte James Knight (/explore/people/374628) and his two sons, 1669 Pte Harry Knight (/explore/people/123496), and 1670 Pte. Edgar James Knight (/explore/people/292126) all enlisted together in Brisbane on 08 Jan 1916 and embarked for service abroad with the 52nd Infantry Battalion together. - The three soldiers all survived the war.