WRIGHT, William Henry
| Service Number: | NX43936 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 6 March 1921 |
| Home Town: | Carrathool, Carrathool, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Carrathool Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 2001, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hay Lawn Cemetery, New South Wales Buried alongside his wife, Betty Louise |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX43936, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX43936, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jennifer Brooks
Bill volunteered alongside his brothers Arthur, John, James, Reginald, Victor, Harry and his sister, Ellen May. They all returned home from war safely. Some served in the Middle East, Borneo, New Guinea and Arthur was taken prisoner of war on the Burma Railway.
Upon being discharged from the military, he returned to Carrathool to marry Betty Louise Moore on 24th of May, 1947. He and Betty would have 6 children Anne, Margaret, Marion, James, Robert, and Elizabeth Jayne.
Biography contributed by Jennifer Brooks
In June 2024, William's (also fondly known as Bill) son Robert (Bob) walked a section of the Kokoda Trail in honour of his father. William's 3 grandchildren; Jodie (daughter of Anne), Leigh (son of James) and Jennifer (daughter of Marion) walked the entire Kokoda Trail in honour of their grandfather's service in the 2nd 33rd Battalion that faught valiantly in parts of the Kokoda Trail.
William leaves behind 15 grandchildren.
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