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George Henry WRIGHT

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Date of birth02 May 1876
Date of death15 August 1918
Mothers nameEdith Mary (née Mitchell)
Spouses nameSarah Ann (nee Huff)
Spouses date of birth1881
Fathers nameGeorge Henry Searle Wright
Marriage date31 January 1900
Place of marriageLevin
SiblingsAlfred Mitchell (m 1908 Coley), Frederick William, Sidney James, Sarah Edith Louisa (m Howan), Arthur Percy, Ernest Robert Vivian (m 1925 Peters)
ChildrenGeorge Henry Searle (Harry 11 May 1901- ?), Frederick Arthur (Fred 04 September 1902- ?), Irwin Cecil (Joe, 16 August 1904 - 18 October 1976), ,
Cause of deathKilled in action
Buried whereGommecourt British Cemetery No 2 Hebuterne. IV. F. 30
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AwardsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthFoxton, New Zealand
OccupationFlax Miller
Place of deathIn the Field, France
Date of arrival overseas11 June 1917
Theatres of warWestern Europe 1917, 1918
Place of embarkationWellington on TS "Devon"
SurnameWRIGHT
War memorialFoxton
Place enlistedPalmerston North
Christian namesGeorge Henry
Place of arrival overseasDevonport, England
WarsWW1
Service number41920
ReligionPresbyterian
Date enlisted18 October 1916
Final rankLance-Corporal
Regiment or service2nd Battalion Wellington Regiment NZEF
Embarkation date05 April 1917
User reference1.71

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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