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WRIGHT, Stanley Edwin John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5678 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 27 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough St Peter's Anglican Church Roll of Honour WW1, Peterborough Uniting Church Porch Memorial Leadlight Window2, Peterborough War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5678, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5678, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5678, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5678 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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"WRIGHT.- Killed in action, somewhere in France, Private S. E. J. Wright (Snowy), only son of Mr. R. Wright, Petersburg, aged 21 years 10 months.- Inserted by his father and two sisters." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 07 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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