| Regimental number | 2945 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Weelarra, Young, New South Wales |
| School | Stony Creak Lower Public School,; Young District School, New South Wales |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | Wee Larra, Young, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 18 |
| Next of kin | Father, John Edwin McKnight, Wee Larra, Young, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 55th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/72/4 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, The rock branch, 22 April 1915. Transferred to Tumut branch, July 1915. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension (Row C, Grave No. 21), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 275. |