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WRIGHT, William Ernest

Service Number:	NX82656
Enlisted:	7 January 1942, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 19 January 1906
Home Town:	Corrimal, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 11 October 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot E, Row D, Grave 16 Roll of Honour - Corrimal, NSW, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX82656
7 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Lance Corporal, NX82656, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW
7 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX82656, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Medals: 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star,Defence Medal