George Henry WRIGHT

George Henry WRIGHT Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

WRIGHT, George Henry

Service Number:	3537
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, South Australia, 12 August 1893
Home Town:	Marryatville, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3537, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3537, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3537, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3537 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

Help us honour George Henry Wright's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE G. H. WRIGHT.

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wright, of Clapton-road, Marryatville, have been notified that their son, Private G. H. Wright, was killed in action in France on August 16. Prior to enlisting he was employed at Dunstan's quarry, Burnside. He was born at Rosewater, and was 23 years of age. He was a skilful boxer, and won a boxing tournament in Egypt. Private Wright was a member of the Marryatville Football Club." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 30 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia