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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Date Enlisted:                                                        

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary