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Topic: George Henry WRIGHT

Age on enlistment: 40 years.

Died aged 40 years.

Last Employer & Address: Hemp Co, Rangitane.

NOK: Mother Mrs Edith Mary Wright, Foxton.

Parents had been in NZ 45 years.

Hair: Fair. Eyes: Blue.

Height: 5'10½" Complexion: Fair.

Complexion: Fair.

Weight: 11st. Chest: 34"-36".

Medals were sent to son Mr GHS Wright, Ravensworth Place, Foxton.

Marital status: (Divorced [on enlistment sheet])

Sarah Wright remarried John Henry Fuller in 1918 and had one son Donald Raymond Laurence Fuller.

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Date of birth:	02 May 1876
Date of death:	15 August 1918
Place of birth:	Foxton, New Zealand
Awards:	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Occupation:	Flax Miller
Cause of death:	Killed in action
Place of death:	In the Field, France
Buried where:	Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2 Hebuterne. IV. F. 30
Marriage date:	31 January 1900
Place of marriage:	Levin
Spouses name:	Sarah Ann (nee Huff)
Spouses date of birth:	1881
Children:	George Henry Searle (Harry 11 May 1901- ?), Frederick Arthur (Fred 04 September 1902- ?), Irwin Cecil (Joe, 16 August 1904 - 18 October 1976), , and
Fathers name:	George Henry Searle Wright
Mothers name:	Edith Mary (née Mitchell)
Siblings:	Alfred Mitchell (m 1908 Coley), Frederick William, Sidney James, Sarah Edith Louisa (m Howan), and Arthur Percy, Ernest Robert Vivian (m 1925 Peters)
Date of arrival overseas:	11 June 1917
Theatres of war:	Western Europe 1917, 1918
Place of embarkation:	Wellington on TS "Devon"
Surname:	WRIGHT
War memorial:	Foxton
Place enlisted:	Palmerston North
Christian names:	George Henry
Place of arrival overseas:	Devonport, England
Wars:	WW1
Service number:	41920
Religion:	Presbyterian
Date enlisted:	18 October 1916
Final rank:	Lance-Corporal
Regiment or service:	2nd Battalion Wellington Regiment NZEF
Embarkation date:	05 April 1917
User reference:	1.71