Lindsay Kenneth Macknight

(Confirmed)

Born: 25 September, 1893

Died: 27 December, 1981

Biographical Summary:

… I enlisted at Sydney in May 1915 as one of the 6th reinforcements of the 4th Battalion regimental number 2191. I landed at Gallipoli in time for the Lone Pine battle in which I participated. Left Gallipoli during September 1915 suffering from dysentery, and was a patient at Heliopolis and Helouan where I was returned to Australia in Jan (sic) 1916 and discharged in July of that year. …

Letter from Lindsay Kenneth Macknight to OIC (Officer in Charge), Base Records, seeking his war medals, 27 May 1940 (National Archives of Australia, First AIF Personnel Dossier).  [JSB]

Service Number: 2191

Ranks:

• Held rank of Private

Birth Records:

• 25 September, 1893 in Sydney

Death Records:

• 27 December, 1981 in NSW, Australia

Address:

• 8 Mistral Avenue Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

• father - Harold Macknight
• mother - Bertha Henriette Kate Faning
• wife - Ettie Adelia Cowper

Organisations:

• Member of - 4th Battalion, AIF

Main Sources:

• MacKnight Lindsay Kenneth SERN 2191 POB Sydney NSW POE Liverpool NSW NOK F MacKnight Harold (Webpage)
• RECRUITING FAMOUS REGIMENTS REPRESENTED ANOTHER GOOD BATCH (Newspaper Article)
• LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL AT HELOUAN (Newspaper Article)
• MacKnightCowper (Newspaper Article)
• Marriage Notice (Newspaper Article)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls Lindsay Kenneth Macknight (Webpage)

Commemorations:

• MACKNIGHT L. K. on the East Face of the
• MacKnight on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour