WRIGHT, Claude Ennis
| Service Number: | 2736 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Tasmania, Australia, November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sidmouth, West Tamar, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, 38th Casualty Clearing Station, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France, 28 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VI, Row D, Grave 3, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2736, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2736, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2736, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 7 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2736, 52nd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW to both legs DoW Mericourt-L'Abbe, France | |
| 28 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2736, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2736 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-28 |
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From 52nd Battalion AIF
FRANCE - 28 NOVEMBER 1916
The winter was closing in, and the 52nd was still involved in fatigue duty constructing new communication trenches and assisting to improve front line areas. But German shelling was causing casualties. Two men from the 52nd died of wounds received during November:
Private Claude Ennis WRIGHT #2736, 27 years old from Sidmouth TAS. Died of Wounds. Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Private James Patrick KELLEHER #2475, 27 years old from Hobart TAS (born Cork Ireland). Died of Wounds. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Claude WRIGHT was also a labourer and enlisted in July 1915. He sailed with the 8th Reinforcements to the 12th Bn in September. He joined the 12th in November before returning to Egypt. He was then in hospital with diarrhoea and the mumps before being transferred to the 52nd in April 1916. He survived the fighting at Mouquet Farm which killed his brother (also in the 52nd), Private Eustace Lesbert WRIGHT #5204, on 4 September 1916. He was wounded by German shelling on 25 November. Admitted to the 38th Casualty Clearing Station with wounds to both legs on 26 November, he died on the 28th. See less
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