Edward Hugh KNOX

Regimental number7/861
Date of birth1 October 1893
Place of birthAshburton
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Address168 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 9"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinFather, Isaac Knox, 168 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton
Previous military serviceServed in the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date13 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 19 Apimara on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Isaac and Elizabeth Ann Knox, 168 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Arrived Gallipoli, 23 August 1915.

Reported missing, 28 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Zeitoun, 14 January 1916, concluded: 'Missing, believed dead'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18058044