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WRIGHT, Henry James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 151 |
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Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Essendon, Victoria, 1888 |
Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
Schooling: | Essendon State School No 483 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Mont St Quentin, France, 19 September 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor, Gulgong District Soliders Memorial, Gulgong Public School Honour Roll, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 151, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 151, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 151, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 151, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward and Marion Emma Wright; husband of Pauline Wright, of 6, Winifred St., Essendon, Victoria.