William Ellis WRIGHT

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Service Numbers:	34849, N187873
Enlisted:	22 November 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1885
Home Town:	Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Croydon and Leichhardt Public Schools
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1955, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Portion: Ang - Sec H Ang 471 Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice: 17 December 1955
Memorials:

22 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 34849, Field Artillery Brigades, Sydney, NSW
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
24 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 34849, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , France: GSW left shoulder
7 Feb 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 34849, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , embarked England for Melbourne on board HT Lancashire
26 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 34849, 5th Field Artillery Brigade

1 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N187873, Private; 24 Battalion VDC; Part Time Duty
30 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , N187873, Private: 24 Battalion VDC; Part Time Duty

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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.