John Henry Dodds WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, John Henry Dodds

Service Number:	1760
Enlisted:	18 February 1916, Enlisted in Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Shields, England., 1871
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wharf Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, whilst POW, Belgium, 15 October 1917
Cemetery:	Harlebeke New British Cemetery Plot X1, Row D, Grave 6, Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Harlebeke, Flanders, Belgium, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1760, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1760, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
18 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1760, Enlisted in Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

12 October 1917 - Wounded in action, gushot wounds to the head

15 October 1917 - Reported to have died while Prisoner of War in German handas at Geldoz, Iseghem, Belgium. Originally buried in Iseghem Military Cemetery by the Germans

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

His ister Mrs Joseph Dixon lied in Brooklyn, New Zealand

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