WRIGHT, John Dixon
| Service Numbers: | 769, R769, 769A |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Morphettville, Adelaide South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Creswick, Victoria , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Heart Attack, aged 37 , Railway Town , 6 November 1927, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales 30904 - WRIGHT JOHN DICKSON - Methodist - METH M5 39 10A 07-11-1927 06-11-1927 0 M Burial |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Oxide Street Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, Adelaide South Australia | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 769, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 769, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 6 Aug 1918: | Embarked Private, R769, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, SS Gaika, Adelaide | |
| 6 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, R769, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: SS Gaika embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 769A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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He enlisted October 29, 1914, as an original member of E Compnay 10th Battalion the 'Fighting 10th' and was among the troops who landed in the first wave at Gallipoli. After Gallipoli, John was in Egypt where in March 1916 he was transferred to the 3rd Brigade Machine Gun Company.
He sailed to France as part of that unit in April, and was promoted to lance corporal in February the next year.
John's brother 2343 Alexander Robertson Wright was a trooper in the Light Horse and served in the 3rd Australian Camel Battalion. He was shot and killed in Palestine on November 6, 1917, aged 25.
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