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Ernest Percival WRIGHT

Regimental number1368
Place of birthO'Halloran Hill South Australia
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
AddressO'Halloran Hill, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMrs W J Wright, O'Halloran Hill, South Australia
Enlistment date11 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 15 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 September 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row IX, Grave No. 2), Malta
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
68
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Joseph and Caroline WRIGHT
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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