William Leckey Ferguson WRIGHT DCM, MID

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WRIGHT, William Leckey Ferguson

Service Number:	4
Enlisted:	28 September 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1870
Home Town:	Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Assessor and Receiver
Died:	Chelmer, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 December 1942, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 11 - 45 - 2.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Milton Christ Church Honour Board

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 4, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant
1 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 4, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
1 Dec 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
16 Apr 1901:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette- 16 Apr 1901
2 May 1901:	Transferred Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray, p. 510 notes from 3rd QNI (Quartermaster-Sergeant DCM)
27 Sep 1901:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, London Gazette- 27 Sep 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
20 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Light Horse Regiment
20 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 5th Light Horse Regiment
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 5th Light Horse Regiment, GSW to thigh.
19 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 5th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William Leckey Ferguson Wright served twice in the South African (Boer) War and then again in WW1. His first service was as a Private (rising to Quartermaster-Sergeant) S.N. 4 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War during whihc he was awarded the DCM. He remained in South Africa for his second service transfering as a Lieutenant (Supernumerary) in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. In 1914 he enlisted for WW1 serving as a Lieutenant (rising to Captain then Major) in the 5th Light Horse Regiment AIF.

He was twice married, first on 6 Apr 1891 to Alice Scott (d. 1921) and had four children. His second marriage was on 6 Apr 1922 to Henrietta Louisa Paten.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 467 & 510; Natioanl Archives Australia WW1 service records).

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