Robert Gordon D. (Gordon) Knox (1892–1917)
Robert Gordon Duncan Knox, c. 1915 photographer unknown
from Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
ROBERT GORDON DUNCAN KNOX was born at Benalla, Victoria, on 25th August, 1892, the son of Mr. James Knox and Mrs. Mary Isabella Knox. He was educated at the Benalla West State School. He joined the Bank’s service on 21st January, 1911, at Warrnambool, Victoria; was transferred to Maldon in February, 1911; to Bendigo in October, 1912; to Kyneton, as ledger-keeper, in December, 1912; to Moama in February, 1913; to the Head Office in August, 1913; to Moree, New South Wales, in September, 1914; and to Millthorpe in December, 1914.
Robert Knox enlisted in the A.I.F. in August, 1915, and was attached to the Army Medical Corps, 14th Australian General Hospital. While at Cairo, on his way to the front, in December, 1916, Robert Knox is believed to have been killed as his body was found in the Nile on 7th January, 1917.
Original Publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- World War I service record, item B2455, KNOX ROBERT GORDON DUNCAN (National Archives of Australia)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Knox, Hilda Mary (sister)
Citation details
'Knox, Robert Gordon D. (Gordon) (1892–1917)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/knox-robert-gordon-d-gordon-22021/text31991, accessed 5 December 2024.
Robert Gordon Duncan Knox, c. 1915 photographer unknown
from Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
Life Summary [details]
Birth
25 August,
1892
Benalla,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
8 January,
1917
(aged 24)
Nile River, Cairo,
Egypt
Cause of Death
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