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WRIGHT, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1357 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Essex, England, 2 February 1878 |
| Home Town: | Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 58, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, St Peters All Souls Anglican Church Honour Board WW1, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1357, 16 Field Regiment AMF, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1357, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1357, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Ellen M. A. Wright of 61 Nelson Street, Stepney, SA
Father of Jessie Dorothy Wright and Alfred Henry Wright
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal