Leadley Rowen WRIGHT

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Service Number:	4788
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Shields, England, United Kingdom, 1894
Home Town:	Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 March 1918
Cemetery:	Berks Cemetery Extension Plot 11, Row B, Grave 47 Headstone inscription reads: In memory of the dearly loved son of Mr. & Mrs. Wright of Adelaide, Berks Cemetery Extension, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4788, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4788, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4788, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
11 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4788, 27th Infantry Battalion, Severe gunshot wound to the shoulder. 18 January 1917 evacuated to England.

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Son of Robert Gowland Wright and Sarah Wright of Leith Street, Albert Park, SA. Previously of Victoria Road, Port Adelaide

Medals: Britiah War Medal, Victory Medal

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