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WRIGHT, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX33628 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | MOUNT KEMBLA, NSW, 24 January 1916 |
| Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost on the AHS (Australian Hospital Ship) Centaur, a hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine I-177, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
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World War 2 Service
| 24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX33628, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance | |
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| 14 May 1943: | Involvement Private, NX33628, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Lost at sea in the sinking of the Hospital ship 'Centaur' off the south Queensland coast |
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