John A WRIGHT

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Service Number:	809
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, 3 years 36th Battalion Militia, Ontario
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beeton, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, 2 August 1888
Home Town:	Telegraph Point, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Surveyor's chain man
Died:	Killed in Action, Schrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Telegraph Point Roll of Honour

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 809, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 3 years 36th Battalion Militia, Ontario
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 809, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 809, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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