Gifford Portal KNIGHT

Regimental number9/1313
AddressMilburn
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Arthur Portal Knight, Milburn, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 21 June 1919
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPont-d'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 9), Nieppe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Margaret Knight, Milburn, Otago
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Sixth

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