Horrie Knight
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Horace Raymond Knight OAM (December 1, 1915 - June 6, 1990) was a South Australian-born business man (independent grocer) & philanthropist.
Horrie Knight spent much of his early life in Broken Hill N.S.W. During WW2 he served in the Australian Army 2/8th Field Ambulance and was a Rat of Tobruk.
He was the president of the Rotary Club of Elizabeth (1974/75) [1][2] and a Paul Harris Fellow, inducted on 26 June 1974. In 1976 he was Elizabeth's first Citizen of the Year. In addition to his work with Rotary, Horrie was also a founding member of the Elizabeth & Districts Foundation, now known as the United Way (North).
He was awarded the Medal of the Order with the Order of Australia in 1990[3][4] for his life-long commitment to charitable work in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, but died before the presentation ceremony; (accepted posthumously by his wife).
Following his death, the H.R. Knight Memorial Trust was established to award individuals or groups who have made an outstanding achievement in the areas of education, arts, literature, music, athletics, and healthy amateur sport.
More recently a reserve in Blakeview, South Australia, was named after Horrie in 2004[5]. The Horrie Knight Reserve can be found off Balmoral cct & Cherrytree cr in Blakeview.
Horrie was married at Enfield (Adelaide) on November 16, 1940 to Laurel Mary Hall (October 25, 1918 - ) and their marriage produced three children: David (February 12, 1945 - ), Stephen (November 7, 1947 - ), Penelope (December 28, 1951 - ).
