Alan William WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, Alan William

Service Number:	NX4368
Enlisted:	4 November 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	GRAFTON, NSW, 22 January 1913
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

4 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX4368, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
8 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX4368, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion

Alan William (Bill) WRIGHT

Alan enlisted on November 4, 1939 and embarked from Pyrmont for the Middle East in January 1940. He served in Palestine and Egypt before embarking for Greece on March 18, 1941. Soon after his arrival in Greece Alan was taken prisoner and later interned in Stalag VIIIB POW Camp, Lamsdorf, Silesia (now Lambowice in Poland). While a prisoner, Alan’s 16 year old brother Rex died in a tragic accident when struck by the Ulmarra bus in Fitzroy Street, Grafton. Another brother, Jack, served with the R.A.A.F. during World War Two.

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