Eric Lyell WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, Eric Lyell

Service Number:	6867
Enlisted:	4 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gormanston, Tasmania, Australia, 12 May 1898
Home Town:	Corowa, Corowa Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Corowa Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Photographer
Died:	Pneumonia, France, 7 February 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 20.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corowa War Memorial

World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6867, 5th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6867, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6867, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Eric Lyell Wright was one of two sons of William and Alfhild Wright, of Corowa, New South Wales. The boys had been born in Tasmania. At some stage, probably about 10 years prior to the Great War, the family moved to Corowa NSW.

His older brother, 2240 Pte. Herbert Walter John Wright 23rd Battalion was killed in action on 20 March 1917, aged 20.

Eric enlisted just prior to his 18th birthday. He died of pneumonia within a few days of reporting sick in France in early 1918. He was only 19 years of age.

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