James WRIGHT

WRIGHT, James

Service Numbers: 3, 2277, 2277B
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Deddington, Tasmania, Australia, 16 July 1872
Home Town: Deddington, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shepherd
Died: Killed in action, Belgium, 6 October 1917, aged 45 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nile War Memorial
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 3
28 Oct 1899: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 3, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent, Embarked at Port Melbourne on SS "Medic". Disembarked at Cape Town on 26 Nov 1899.
26 Nov 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 3, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent, The Boer Offensive
3 Nov 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 3, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent, Embarked from Cape Town to R.T.A. on "Harlech Castle". Disembarked on 7 Dec 1900 in Tasmania.
8 Dec 1900: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 3, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent, Awarded Queens South Africa Medal.

World War 1 Service

21 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2277, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne
21 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2277, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
6 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 2277B, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2277B awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-06
6 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, 2277B, 12th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.

Boer War Service

Date unknown: Involvement Also Served in Tasmanian South African contingent of Australian army in Boer War

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