WRIGLEY, Jack Berryman
| Service Number: | 3689 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 July 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Plot X111, Row A, Grave 19, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3689, Enlisted at Broadmeadows | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3689, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3689, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3689, 6th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3689 awm_unit: 6th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
"From Frank Mathieu 9th of October 2022
On this 'for me particular' day, and as I did the years before, I paid tribute to a soldier who fell on this day: Pte. JACK BERRYMAN WRIGLEY.
He is one of the 43 men who are buried in this cemetery who died or were killed 9 Oct. 1917 and one of the 3372 CW soldiers who died that day in the Ypres Salient. An intimate small ceremony for Jack, symbolically for all who fell that day.
Jack was Born at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in Sept. 1897 and was the son of L. and Ellen E. Wrigley. He was a blacksmith from Ballarat. He served before, but formally enlisted 3 Jan. 1916 at Broadmeadows, then embarked from Melbourne 5 Jan., first sailing to Egypt and then on to France arriving there on 27 March 1916. Initially serving with the 24th Bn, later with 6th Machine Gun Company. His unit on Oct. 9th was engaged in battle at Broodseinde, in the area of Dairy Wood and Daisy Wood where they met heavy German machine gunfire. The 5th and 6th Brigade reached their 1st objective line. Nevertheless Jack (and so many) was K.I.A. in this attack, today 105 years ago, on 9 October 1917, aged 20.
REST GENTLY REST IN PEACE DEAR SOLDIER--"
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