| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0400 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Knight, Mervyn Digby |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/2774 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Knight, Mervyn Digby, MC (Lieutenant, b.1891 - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Mervyn Digby Knight, MC,60 Battalion, France, 1917. Collection consists of biographical notes, a handwritten copy of a letter from General William Birdwood to Lieutenant Knight, and a handwritten copy of the recommendation of Knight for the Military Cross.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant Mervyn Digby Knight, MC, 60 Battalion, AIF, clerk, of St. Kilda, Victoria, born Brislington, Somerset, England, March 1891; came to Australia at the age of 17; joined the AIF in August 1914 and was posted to the 4th Light Horse Regiment; served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France; appointed to a commission on 13 September 1916; won the Military Cross at Polygon Wood, September 1917; killed in action 6 July 1918.