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Cenotaph record

Hugh Francis Wright

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  • Service number
    WWI 29708 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Frank Wright AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait, seated on a abench with tin cup in his hand - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, seated on a abench with tin cup in his hand - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Wright AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Frank Wright AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 29708 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1866 AWMM Naseby, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs I.M. Wright (wife), 11 Hart Street, Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 29708 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • A prominent rugby player, oarsman and mountaineer, Frank Wright enlisted despite being over military age. He was sent with the 20th Reinforcements to France in 1916, where he saw service until the end of the war. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1938 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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