WRIGHT C.L.
Given Names: Charles Leslie
Service Number: 279
Unit: Machine Gun Company 10, 2nd reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number: 108719
Age: 22 Yrs 10 Mths
Occupation: Plumber
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 6¼ In
Weight: 150 Lbs
Chest: 33½-37 In
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fair
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 2/5/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: WIFE Mrs Grace Laura Wright
37 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 16/8/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: RMS Orontes
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Ypiranga
Embarked: 15/11/1919
Disembarked: 4/1/1920
Unit: 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Rank: Lieutenant
Discharge Date: 29/3/1920
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 52320
Victory Medal: 51252
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1893
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: Charles Herbert WRIGHT
Mother: Ada H. FULLARTON
MARRIAGE
Year: 1913
Place:
Spouse: Grace Laura ANDERSON
DEATH
Date or Year:
Place: ,
Burial: ,
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 30/5/1918; gassed
Was struck by a motor bus 3/11/1918 and admitted to hospital with concussion
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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