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WRIGHT, Henry Reuben
Service Number: | 419 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bridgewater on Loddon, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Timboon, Corangamite, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Teacher at Timboon State School |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows, Timboon District Memorial WWI Honour Roll, Timboon Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 419, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 419, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
18 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 419, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 419 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ellen Magill
Henry Reuben Wright, son of Mary and the late John Wright and husband of Ethel Emma ( Barclays) Wright was listed on the electoral roll 1909-1914 as being a state school teacher and living at Timboon. His Probate says " Henry Reuben Wright, formerly of Timboon, State School Teacher" He is listed on the Timboon Honour Roll and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.
Acknowledgement notes of James Affleck and Peter Younes.