Charles Crawfurd MACKNIGHT

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MACKNIGHT, Charles Crawfurd

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	22 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
Born:	'Dunmore', Macarthur, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1861
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Edinburgh
Occupation:	Medical Practitioner
Died:	Natural causes, Kew, Victoria, Australia, 8 November 1953, aged 91 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment L, Section 18, Grave 39
Memorials:	Warrnambool Club Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, 4th Light Horse Regiment
25 Aug 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 4th Light Horse Regiment
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Major, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Major, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
5 Dec 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
25 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
1 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, HMAT A68 Anchises, England for return to Australia on transport duty as ship's Medical Officer - disembarking Melbourne 3 January 1918.
18 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

MacKnight's second name is in fact spelt Crawfurd not Crawford. The use of Crawford is an ongoing curruption through out his service record and other documents. On page 53 of his service record in his 'Application for a Commission' which has been completed by MacKnight himself and clearly details his second name as 'Crawfurd'. His younger brother Dr William Crawfurd MacKnight (1865-1945) also has the same second name. The name is drawn from their paternal grandmother's family - Courtesy of Michael Silver

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