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KNIGHT, Mervyn Digby
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 129, Commissioned Officer |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, A Squadron original |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bristol, England, 1891 |
Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed In Action, Le Hamel, Valle de Somme, France, 6 July 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 12 Aged 27 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 129, 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron original | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 129, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
15 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 129, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated sick to HS Gloucester Castle then to Helipolis | |
7 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd ANZAC Corps Mounted Regiment (XXII Corps) | |
2 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
7 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
13 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
31 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, Polygon Wood, Date of recommendation 30 Sep 1917 | |
25 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
6 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-06 | |
30 Jul 2019: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Mervyn Digby KNIGHT was born in Bristol, England in 1891
His parents were Henry KNIGHT & Sarah Jane RYNHART