Fredrick Ballintine WRIGHT

Regimental number23/1248
Date of birth28 September 1892
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24.3
Height5' 5"
Weight112 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Wright, c/o Mrs Williams, 59 Harbour Terrace, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed in 1st Bn, Trentham Infantry Brigade; discharged 30 May 1915 as medically unfit ('under standard'); not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date20 December 1916
Place of enlistmentDunedin
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas John (b. Scotland) and Annie (b. Northern Ireland) Wright, Collingwood, Nelson; Wife: Frances E.S. McConnachie (formerly Wright), 8 Rankeilor Street, South Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 September 1917; joined 3rd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 17 September 1917, and posted to B Company.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 18 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 34
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22022569