WRIGHT, Eustace Lesbert
| Service Number: | 5204 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Tasmania, Australia, 5 April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sidmouth, West Tamar, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.1 Plot X, Row A, Grave No. 2. IN MEMORY OF THE LOVED SON OF MR. & LATE MRS.G.WRIGHT OF SIDMOUTH |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5204, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5204, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5204, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Eustace Lesbert Wright was known as ‘Euey’to his Dad. His father was George Wright, of Sidmouth, Tasmania, and raised the child alone as the mother, Ellen Jane Wright, had passed away only a few months after the birth of Eustace, in 1890.
‘Euey’s only brother, 2736 Pte. Claude Ennis Wright, also of the 52nd Battalion AIF died of wounds only a few months later on 28 November 1916, aged 28.
‘Euey’ was reported missing at Mouquet Farm in 1916, but his remains were discovered in 1923 and reinterred in the Serre Road Cemetery, his identity disc being returned to the father during late 1923. George Wright passed away in 1924.
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