Edgar James KNIGHT

KNIGHT, Edgar James

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:
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

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

World War 2 Service

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

Help us honour Edgar James Knight's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by John Edwards

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.

Read more...