Ernest Percival WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, Ernest Percival

Service Number:	1368
Enlisted:	11 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	O'Halloran Hill, South Australia, 5 March 1891
Home Town:	O'Halloran Hill, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	O'Halloran Hill State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds (received at Galliopli), Malta, 6 September 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave B.IX. 2. INSCRIPTION BELOVED SON OF W. J. WRIGHT OF O'HALLORAN HILL AT REST
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Happy Valley War Memorial, O'Halloran Hill War Memorial, Prospect South Australian Soldiers at Gallipoli Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1368, Oaklands, South Australia
15 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1368, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
15 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1368, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Adelaide
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1368, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 24 and the son of William Joseph and Caroline Wright, of O'Halloran Hill, South Australia.

Biography

"LATE PTE. E. P. WRIGHT.

Our O'Halloran Hill correspondent writes:— Much sorrow was felt here on Tuesday when it became known that Pte. Ernest Percy Wright had died at Malta from wounds received at the Dardanelles on August 7. He was the second son of Mr. W. J. Wright, of this district, and prior to enlisting had lived all his life at O'Halloran Hill. He was educated at the local State school. He enlisted early in December, and sailed in February. He was wounded early in the struggle, when he had a finger shot off, but he recovered and returned to the front, when he received fatal bomb wounds in the left hand and both legs. He was 24 years of age on March 5. He was the first to enlist from O'Halloran Hill." - from the Adelaide Observer 18 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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