William Arthur WRIGHT

Regimental number25/245
Date of birth1 July 1886
Place of birthInvercargill
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusWidowed
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 5.5"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinFather, Superintendant Wright, Police Department, Dunedin
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 13 January 1917
Discharge date4 April 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 13 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 7 April 1916.

Apoointed Lance Corporal, 3 June 1916.

Detached to Divisional Grenade School, 30 July 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 6 August 1916.

Promoted Corporal, 22 August 1916.

Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (shrapnel wound, leg), and admitted to 1/1 South Midlands Division Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 23rd General Hospital, Etaples, 19 September 1916; to England, 26 September 1916, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 28 September 1916; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 16 December 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board HMNZT 'Marama', 13 January 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 4 April 1917.

War service: 1 year 75 days (of which 1 year 31 days was abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death2 March 1980 Rotorua
Age at death93
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 9
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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