WRIGHT, James Henry Frampton
| Service Number: | 5693 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1883, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), Warloy Wood, France, 1 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5693, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5693, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Zidane McNamara
Jimmy Wright was apart of 13 Platoon, D Company, 24th Battalion. He was accidentally killed on June 1st, 1917.
6026 Private George Vivian Andrews who was in his platoon states..
"Wright in the 13th Reinforcements was killed by a premature burst of a (Stokes) Trench Mortar when we were practicing for the hop over at Ypres, about the end of May or beginning of June. This was at Warloy Woods, and he was killed outright. The premature burst killed 4 and wounded 12. He was buried in Warloy Cemetery - A full Military funeral, all the Battalion attended, and a cross was put over with his name and number and the Battalion Colours. He came from Victoria somewhere, a small ruddy faced chap in my Platoon."
Andrews would be himself killed on September 1st, 1918