WRIGHT, Felix
| Service Number: | 727 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915, Enlisted at Boulder, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Athlone, Ireland, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malta, 28 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Addolorata Cemetery, Malta Section E, Plot EA, Row A, Grave 680, Addolorata Cemetery, Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 727, Enlisted at Boulder, Western Australia | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 727, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 727, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
No known family or friends mentioned on enlistement papers
Served in India for 12 years with 2nd Connaught Rangers,
18 September 1915 - Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, Gallipoli Peninsular (shrapnel wound, thigh and foot);
18 September 1915 - Transferred to 16th Casualty Clearing Station
19 September 1915 - Embarked Gallipoli on HS Maheno
23 September 1915 - Disembarked Malta and admitted to Cottonereal Hospital
14 November 1915 - Dangerously ill by Commander-in-Chief
28 November 1915 - Dangerously ill by Commander-in-Chief
28 November 1915 - Died of wounds (compound fracture, left femur)
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.