James Henry Frampton (Jimmy) WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, James Henry Frampton

Service Number:	5693
Enlisted:	29 February 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bedminster, Somerset, England, 1883
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	L C C Purrett Road, Plumstead, England
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Accidental Injuries, Warloy Wood, France, 1 June 1917
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VIII, Row D, Grave 30
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5693, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5693, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5693, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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Biography 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

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

James Henry Frampton WRIGHT was born in Bedminster, Somerset, England in 1883

His parents were James WRIGHT & Hannah BARTLETT

He married Florence Maud WILDER in 1906 (registered in Woolwich, UK)

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