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WRIGHT, Theodore Willard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 937 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 30 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier State School and Mount Gambier Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Monoline operator |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Wesleyan Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mount Gambier War Memorial, Payneham Road Uniting (Methodist) Church Honor Roll, Payneham Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 937, Mount Gambier, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 937, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 937, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 937, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Warneton, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 937 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-31 |
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