Second Lieutenant

George Bernard Knight

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Herbert Douglas Knight and Ellen Knight, of Mokorua, Whakatane, Thames. Native of Dannevirke, Napier. Also served at Gallipoli.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
8/1532
Name:
George Bernard Knight
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
07 November 1893
Place of Birth: 
Dannevirke, Tararua District, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
H.D. Knight (father), The Point, Dannevirke, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
The Point, Dannevirke, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farm hand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
12 October 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
3rd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 February 1915
Vessel:
Aparima
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (26 March 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
N.Z. Apse, Panel 3.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
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