Septimus Evelyn WRIGHT

Regimental number32489
Place of birthChristchurch
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Grace Ida B Wright, c/o Mrs F E Wright, 42 Holly Road, St Albans, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
Members of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 19th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Manganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 2 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), nr Ieper, Belgium,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fortunatus Evelyn Wright and Ellen Wright; Wife: Grace Ida Beryl Wright, 'Lethan', Wanganui
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 11