Ernest Edward WRIGHT

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Service Number:	Lieutenant
Enlisted:	18 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant General
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwich, Norfolk, England, 1885
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police Detective
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Surry Hills NSW Police Force Roll of Honour WW1, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant General, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion

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Son of Mr. Wright and Elizabeth Wright; husband of Marie Wright, of "Milgarra," 93, Read St., Waverley, Sydney.

Commemorated V.C. Corner (Panel No 18), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France