Ernest Stanley McKnight
- Born: 1888, Penrith district, New South Wales, Australia 2
- Married: 1908, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1
- Died: 20 Aug 1915, Gallipoli (WWI) 3
 Research Notes:
A.I.F.
Regimental number1230
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOptician
Address121 Alice Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Adelaide McKnight, 121 Alice Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Enlistment date18 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name18th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 60), Gallipoli, Turkey
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"Killed in action (Court of Inquiry), previously reported missing, Gallipoli Hill 60. August 22, 1915, L-corporal Ernest S. McKnight, D. Coy., 18th Batt., beloved husband of Addie McKnight, Richmond."
Marriage Information:
Ernest married Adelaide Claris Rose Farmer, daughter of George Farmer and Margaret Adelaide, in 1908 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1. (Adelaide Claris Rose Farmer was born about 1884 and died on 2 May 1978 in Carey Bay, Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia 4 5.)
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