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Ernest Gordon WRIGHT

Regimental number2100
Date of birth--/06/1894
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolEast Adelaide Public School and Christian Brothers College Catholic, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationEngineer
AddressProsser Avenue, Norwood, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Ernest Wright, Prosser Avenue, Norwood, South Australia
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board TRANSPORT A7 Medic on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 23 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91
Date: 23 July 1919

Discharge date23 February 1919
Other detailsWar service: Egypt, Gallipoil, France, Belgium
Date of death4 November 1965

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