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Ernest Wright

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 13 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 13 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Wright AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ernest Wright AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 25/374 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 July 1887 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 12 October 1915 AWMM Smith Road, Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G. Wright (wife), Smith Road, Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 February 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 2 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 12 October 1915 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Mill hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 2.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      126 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
      Killed in action, caused by a premature explosion of a 3 inch stokes shell AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Gladys Henrietta Wright (nee Mansfield), father of Ella Kathleen Wright born on 3 April 1912 and Gladys Evelyn Wright born on 27 January 1914.

    Embarked for France 7 May 1916.

    No blame was attached to the premature explosion of the shell in a frontline trench which killed Rifleman Wright.

    His memorial plaque was found in the earthquake rubble at Burwood Resource Recovery Park, November 2013. The Burwood Resource Recovery Park are seeking to reunite the plaque with its owner. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    23 November 1916 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. F. 31. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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