FOOTSCRAY resident Norma Morrison was chuffed last week after receiving a copy of her late father’s police record of service.
Members from Footscray Police also presented the 87-year-old with a photo of her father, the late Senior Constable Phillip Arnold Knight.
Snr Const Knight answered the call to duty at the beginning of World War I and rose to the rank of Sergeant in the 5th Light Horse.
He served in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine and was severely wounded during the Gallipoli campaign, nearly losing a leg. He joined Victoria Police in 1925 and over a 24-year career worked at the West Footscray, Footscray, Koroit and Flemington stations. He was commended on four occasions and was awarded the Victoria Police Valour Badge in 1949. He retired on his 55th birthday.
