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Albert James WRIGHT

Regimental number61713
Place of birthWarrnambool, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressWoodend, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs N Wright, Templeton Street, Woodend, Victoria
Enlistment date15 June 1918
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 June 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 31 August 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th General Service Reinforcements (Victoria)
FateAccidentally killed (drowned at sea) 21 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsHollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Warrnambool Public Cemetery, Victoria.
Other detailsMedal: British War Medal

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