WRIGLEY, Arthur
| Service Number: | 1446 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 December 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1884 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot I, Row C, G15, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1446, Enlisted at Lismore, New South Wales | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1446, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1446, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the 29th May 1915, Private Arthur Wrigley, 9th Battalion, carter from 28 Wilford Steet, Newtown, New South Wales, father of one, was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, age 30.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1680232/
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15602402
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 24th September 1884 to Joshua (died 1888) and Caroline (died 1924, Ashfield, N.S.W.) Wrigley of 185 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, N.S.W.; husband of Florence Evelyn Wrigley nee Corfield (married 1912, Petersham, N.S.W., died 1939, Redfern, N.S.W. of Yarra Bay, N.S.W.), Arthur enlisted December 1914 at Lismore, N.S.W.
His name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall, and unfortunately I have not located his name on any other known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
For reasons unknown, Arthur’s Attestation Papers stated he was not married.
Wife Florence Wrigley was living at Frazer Street, Lewisham, N.S.W. at the time of Arthur's death.
Resting at Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Plot I Row C Grave 15.
Memorialised at his father’s gravesite. ANGLICAN 1-21. 58.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=462716#2
Lest We Forget.
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