Lance Sergeant

David Richard Wright

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Horace Rayne Wright and of Ada Wright (nee Lyth), of Edinburgh, Scotland; husband of Irene Mary Wright, of New Plymouth. Taranaki, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
27113
Name:
David Richard Wright
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
New Zealand Government Railways
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 26 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
25 April 1943
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
33
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
28 August 1940
Vessel:
Empress of Japan

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
III. A. 31.
Cemetery Location: 
Tunisia
David Richard Wright
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