WRIGHT, Allan Stuart
| Service Numbers: | 4027, W70116 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Picton Junction, Western Australia, 29 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Balingup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 14 August 1972, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4027, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4027, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ajana, Fremantle | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4027, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, In the field - Zeitoun, Egypt | |
| 5 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4027, 48th Infantry Battalion, ex England per Commonwealth | |
| 27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4027, 48th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, W70116 | |
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| 15 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, W70116 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Allan was the sixth of eight children of Thomas Henry Wright (b1857 at Westbrook Farm, Busselton WA) and Hannah Sarah Stinton (b1855 in Coolingup, WA). Thomas (a Farmer) and Hannah married in 1881 in Picton Junction, WA. They settled at Blackwood River in Balingup WA where Thomas was a Farmer.
Allan was a Farmer at Rokewood in Balingup, WA when he enlisted in the AIF in August 1915 (Private; Service No:4027) - he had been with the 25th Light Horse for eighteen months. Allan served in Egypt (2/16th Reinforcements)and France and was a Sergeant with 48th Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in July 1919.
Returning to Balingup WA, Allan was a Farmer when he married Ena Ellen Jeacock (b1906 in Warwickshire, England) in 1924 in Balingup - Ena had immigrated with her parents in 1922, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Jervis Bay. Allan and Ena settled at Rokewood in Balingup where Allan was a Farmer. he served in the ACMF (1942 - 1945) with 5 (Busselton) Battalion VDC (Private; Service No: W70116)
Allan and Ena retired to Bunbury in the early 1960s, Allan died in 1972 and Ena in 1997.
Biography contributed
Birth registration details
Name: Allan Stuart Wright
Birth Date: Abt 1894
Birth Place: Picton
Registration Year: 1894
Registration Place: Western Australia, Australia
Father: Thomas Henry Wright
Mother: Hannah Stinton
Registration Number: 1240