Norman Turner (Bub) WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, Norman Turner

Service Number:	QX24253
Enlisted:	20 October 1941, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 June 1922
Home Town:	Ascot, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Ascot State school
Occupation:	Apprentice Spray Painter
Died:	Starvation, died with an egg under his pillow, Burma railway (POW CAMP) changi., Thailand, 25 March 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1. C. 62., Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX24253, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1941:	Involvement Private, QX24253, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
20 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Private, QX24253, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
20 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX24253, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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Biography contributed by Jennifer Wright

Norman turner had two brothers. The oldest being Jack wright, the second oldest being gordon wright, with bub being the youngest. My father was gordon wright, and bub was my uncle.

Acording to what my father told me, bub enlisted against the wishes of my grandmother vita, and did so under age. He wanted to fight for his country with a passion. His death according to the telegram said MIA..

It was Later on reveled through another solder who served with him in Changi prision, that he had swapped his watch for a single egg, and later that night he died with that egg still under his pillow, oviously too weak from starvation to eat it.

I didn't get to meet my uncle as he died before i was born, but his legacy will live on forever in my heart. God rest his soul.

Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of George Edwin Charles WRIGHT & Vita Madeline (nee-TURNER-COLWELL) WRIGHT.

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