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Wright, Arthur (73)

Place of Birth: Gormandale, VIC

Age: 29 years 5 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 August 1914 – South Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 73            view online service record

Address:
Apollo Bay, VIC

Next of Kin:
J Wright (father)
Apollo Bay, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Orvieto A3
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion

Fate:
RTA: Wednesday, 4 June 1919
Discharged: Friday, 8 August 1919


1915 ‘EPISTLES FROM EGYPT.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 April, p. 3, viewed 31 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168555

1915 ‘Policeman-Soldier Wounded.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 12 June, p. 2, viewed 29 May, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91169091

1915 ‘AT GALLIPOLI.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 July, p. 3, viewed 30 June, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166961

1915 ‘AT GALLIPOLI.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 2 October, p. 1, viewed 26 September, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164950

1915 ‘Private Wright Twice Wounded.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 27 November, p. 4, viewed 12 October, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166631

1916 ‘Private A. Wright Hopes to be Lucky This Time.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 1 July, p. 2. , viewed 31 May 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166025

1916 ‘PORT SOLDIERS IN FRANCE.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 22 July, p. 2. , viewed 29 Jun 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166775

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