Joseph Gordon WRIGHT

WRIGHT, Joseph Gordon

Service Number: 281
Enlisted: 10 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: St Arnaud, Victoria , Australia, 1889
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 11 October 1918
Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Block S11, Row S, Grave 14, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kooreh Boer War & WWI Memorial Plaque
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World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 281, Enlisted at Melbourne
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 281, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 281, 10th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
11 Oct 1918: Involvement Private, 281, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 281 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-11

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

29 September 1918 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to the head and dangerously ill

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal