Career
Knight spent much of his early life in Broken Hill, New South Wales. During World World War II he served in the Australian Army 2/8th Field Ambulance and was a Rat of Tobruk. On Knight"s return, he began building a chain of self-service supermarkets starting in Prospect and subsequently in Salisbury and Elizabeth branded Foodland, Cheap Foods, or Half Case.
Horrie was well known for providing employment and generally being active in the community as he devoted a lot of time & money to local charitable organisations, namely Rotary.
He became the president of the Rotary Club of Elizabeth in (1974/75) and a Paul Harris Fellow in 1979. In 1976 he was Elizabeth"s first Citizen of the Year.
lieutenant was administered by the Rotary Club of Elizabeth and until its closure in 2010, benefited many young people in the local area. More recently a reserve in Blakeview, was named after Knight in 2004.
The Horrie Knight Reserve can be found off Balmoral cct & Cherrytree cr in Blakeview.
