WRIGHT, Thomas
| Service Numbers: | 4220, 4220C |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 16 May 1870 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Pilbara, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-162. 15. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4220, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 4220, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 4220, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 2 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4220C, 1st Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
81 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 2nd September 1942, Private Thomas Wright, 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-4220C), labourer from Hannell Street, Wickham, New South Wales and 17A Hunter Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 72. ANGLICAN 3-162. 15. Not married.
Born at Sydney, New South Wales on the 16th May 1870 to Thomas and Margaret Wright, Tom enlisted on the 17th April 1917 (aged nearly 47!) at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 16th June 1917.
No wounds or illness during service.
Tom returned home on the 2nd September 1919, being discharged on the 2nd October 1919.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Mr. Wright’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name has not been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board 1 or 2.
I have placed poppies at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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