WRIGHT, Peter Hollingsworth
| Service Number: | 3640 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland, 31 January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Terang, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 March 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Row B, Grave 34 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang Bandsmen Memorial, Terang MUIOOF Lodge Honour Roll, Terang War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3640, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3640, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3640, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Peter Hollingsworth WRIGHT was born in Castledermot, Kildare, in Ireland on 31st January, 1880
His parents were Warren Samuel WRIGHT & Elizabeth HOLLINGSWORTH who married in Gorey, Wexford in Ireland on 23rd April, 1862
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Warren Wright. Native of Castledermot, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
29th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 37. He is remembered on the Great War Memorial at Wesley College, Dundrum, Dublin 16.
Next of kin-Sister, Mrs Thompson Allen, Terang, Victoria.
Enlistment date 24 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 15 April 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Hollingworth spelt Hollingsworth
Place of enlistment Geelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Age at embarkation-36.
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/46/3
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916.
War service: Western Front
Embarked Melbourne, 1 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 14 September 1916; marched in to 9th Training Battalion, Folkestone, 14 September 1916; proceeded overseas to France, 5 December 1916; marched in to 5th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, France, 6 December 1916; marched in to Segregation Camp, 4 January 1917; discharged from Segregation Camp, 19 January 1917; marched out to unit, 26 January 1917; taken on strength of 29th Battalion, 28 January 1917.
Medal stamps marked 'returned, 10 May 1923'.
NAA: B2455, WRIGHT Peter Hollingworth
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