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WRIGHT, Maximilian Rupert Dudley

Service Numbers:	2471, 2473
Enlisted:	22 May 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Croydon Park, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1891
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 July 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malabar Mosman-Neutral Bay Rifle Club Fallen Comrades Bowl, Mosman War Memorial, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

22 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2471, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2471, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2471, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
8 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2473, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company
11 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Company
1 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2473, 4th Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , Shrapnel wounds right thigh
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2473, 4th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2473 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-01

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