Robert Ernest WRIGHT

Regimental number53830
Place of birthMaitland
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, Robert Wright, Post Office, Maitland, Southland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 27 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No 2), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Robert Wright, Paper Mills, Mataura, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 12

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