WRIGHT, Percy
| Service Number: | 4578 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1915, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Elsmore, New South Wales, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilgai War Memorial, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Intermediate High School Roll of Honour, Inverell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Inverell, New South Wales | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4578, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4578, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
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"PRIVATE PERCY WRIGHT.
News was received on Friday last that Pte. Percy Wright had been killed in action in France. Born at Elsmore about 22 years ago, Pte. Wright was very well known and a great favorite in the district. Most of his life was spent in Inverell, and six years ago he became a member of the staff of Messrs. Harry White, Ltd., by whom he was held in high esteem as a trusted servant. He was fond of hunting, and also football, and was a prominent player in the "Imperials." His parents moved to Parramatta, but his father is now in camp, and wlll leave for the front very shortly. A brother is on the clerical staff of the Redfern Council. The Vicar referrd to Pte. Wright, on Sunday morning at St. Augustine's Church, in feeling terms as another Anglican soldier who had made the great sacrifice in France. In the course of his remarks the Vicar stated that he had written only a few months since to Private Wright to express his pleasure at hearing that he had been confirmed by the Bishop of Jerusalem in Egypt. One pathetic fact in connection with this is that Chaplain, the Rev. S. H. Maxted, who prepared him for confirmation has himself since been killed in France." - from the Inverell Times 19 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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