Doctor
Charles
Henry
Knott
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Knott
and Martha Jane (Henry) Knott
Brother of
Eric David Richard Knott, Leonard George Knott, [private sister (1920s - unknown)] and Stanley Glasgow Knott
Husband of
Agatha (Taylor) Knott
— married
1937 in Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Died
at age 75
in Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2019
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Biography
Doctor Charles Henry Knott was born on 27th February 1913 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was the eldest son of Charles Knott and Martha Henry. [1] The family settled in Brisbane's north western suburbs, whereupon Charles attended Sunday School and church at the Newmarket-Grange (now just The Grange) Baptist Church.
Charles graduated from the University of Queensland, St Lucia, in Brisbane's west, with a medical degree.
In 1937 in Petersham, New South Wales, Charles married English-born widow, Agatha Dowling née Taylor (1904-70), adopted daughter of Francis Willis Taylor and Mabel Thompson. [2] As well as Agatha's two children, they had a further five children in Cairns, North Queensland, including Charles Knott (1938-2010) and Elizabeth Knott (1943-45).
Charles Knott is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Royal Australian Air Force 1940-1946
Brisbane Medical Unit
Served in the Royal Australian Air Force 1940-1946
Brisbane Medical Unit
Charles was commissioned as a medical doctor with the rank of Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for service during the Second World War. He was allocated to the Brisbane Medical Unit. He was discharged on 25th June 1946. [3] His younger brother, Len, also served as a RAAF medical officer.
Aged 75 years, Charles passed away on 23rd October 1988 in North Queensland [4] and is buried in Forest View Memorial Park, Cairns. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Queensland Birth Index #C3821/1913
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #18552/1937
- ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: 277522 Flight Lieutenant Charles Henry Knott; accessed 13 Sep 2019
- ↑ Queensland Death Index #1988/57625
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z71-J1X3 : 9 June 2021), Charles Henry Knott, ; Burial, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, Forest View Memorial Park; citing record ID 180368459, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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Knott-2160 and Knott-1543 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate
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