Septimus John Kirby WRIGHT

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WRIGHT, Septimus John Kirby

Service Number:	624
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Dimboola, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Pneumonia, Egypt, 14 July 1917
Cemetery:	Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row A, Grave 64, Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 624, Enlisted at Broadmeadows
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 624, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 624, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
13 Jul 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 624, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 624 awm_unit: Australian Imperial Force Canteens (Egyptian Section) awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-13

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

5 April 1915 - Embarked at Alexandria for Gallipoli

8 May 1915 - Wounded in action - Schrapnel wounds to arm and chest

17 May 1915 - Disembarked Malta - wounded

24 August 1915 - Rejoined Battalion

15 April 1917 - Marched in to Canteens, Kantara

2 July 1917 - To hospital sick

6 July 1917 - Dangerously ill with Pneumonia

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Septimus John Kirby WRIGHT was born in Dimboola, Victoria in 1893

His parents were Joseph WRIGHT & Ellen KIRBY

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