Robert Young WRIGHT

WRIGHT, Robert Young

    Service Number: 760
    Enlisted: 1 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Invercargill, New Zealand, August 1887
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Mabel Bush School, Invercargill
    Occupation: Stereotyper
    Died: Died of wounds, Malta, 8 October 1915
    Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
    Grave A. XIII. 1.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 760, Liverpool, New South Wales
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 760, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 760, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    23 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 760, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 27 and the son of William Patrick and Agnes Wright, of 17, Albert St., Invercargill, New Zealand.

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Robert was born in 1888 at Invercargill (New Zealand) where his parents reside.  Before coming to Sydney in 1912 he was employed at the 'Southland Times" office.  He joined the Sydney Morning Herald stereotyping department in 1913.

    He sailed from Sydney with the 19th Battalion on June 25, 1915, and proceeded to Gallipoli where he was killed.

    A sister served as a nurse with the New Zealand Forces.

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