Henry Reuben WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, Henry Reuben

Service Number:	419
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, 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: ''
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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Biography 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.

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