Ernest Portal KNIGHT

Regimental number2/2176
AddressNelson
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, A P Knight, Milburn, Otago
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
Members of the 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, embarked on board three ships: HMNZT 32 'Aparima', HMNZT 33 'Navua', and HMNZT 34 'Warrimoo'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGunner
Final unit7th Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 16 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 34), Becordel-Becourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Margaret Knight, Milburn
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Seventh