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WRIGHT, Sydney Zeehan Roben
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3513 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Strahan, Tasmania, Australia, 9 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fellmonger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3513, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3513, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3513, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother 2482 Pte. Kensey Lyall Byrnes Wright 60th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action only six days earlier on 19 July 1916, during the attack on Fromelles some 70 kilometeres to the north of Pozieres, on the 19 July 1916.
They were the sons of William and Sarah Wright of Richmond Victoria. Their mum had passed away during 1911 when they were both in their teens. Sydney's medals and other awards were marked as "untraceabale"