WRIGHT, Raymond Hamilton
| Service Number: | 4028 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Picton Junction, Western Australia , 1888 |
| Home Town: | Balingup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balingup War Memorial Clock, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4028, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4028, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4028, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ajana, Fremantle | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4028, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4028 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Raymond was the third of eight children of Thomas Henry Wright (b1857 at Westbrook Farm in Busselton, WA) and Hannah Sarah Stinton (b1855 in Coolup, WA). Thomas (a Farmer) and Hannah married in 1881 in Picton Junction, WA. They settled at Blackwood River in Balingup WA where Thomas was a Farmer.
Raymond was a Farmer on Rokewood Farm in Balingup, WA and by 1915 was a Storekeeper on the farm He enlisted in the AIF in August 1915 (Private; Service No:4028) and served with the 16th and 48th Infantry Battalions. Raymond was KiA at Pozieres in August 1916 when the trench he was in was Shelled.
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