William Ellis WRIGHT

WRIGHT, William Ellis

Service Number: 34849
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
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World War 1 Service

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

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Biography 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.