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WRIGHT, William Ellis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 34849 |
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Enlisted: | 22 November 1916, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
Born: | Sydney, NSW, 5 October 1885 |
Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Croydon and Leichhardt Public Schools |
Occupation: | Motor Driver |
Died: | December 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Portion: Ang - Sec H Ang 471 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 34849, Field Artillery Brigades, Sydney, NSW | |
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21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 34849, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 34849, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mary and the late H WRIGHT, 'The Gunyah' St. Clair Stret, Belmore, NSW
Husband of Lucy WRIGHT, 137 Albany Road, Stanmore, NSW
William served in France and took part in the severe fighting of 1917-18 and was wounded on 24 August 1918.