Lance Corporal

John Harding Wright

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Walter and Amy Sophia Wright, of Wharf St., Tauranga, New Zealand. Born Parnell, Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
12/3880
Name:
John Harding Wright
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
W.H. Wright (father), 9 Clevedon Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Surveyor's assistant
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
14 September 1916
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
08 January 1916
Transport:
HMNZT 37
Vessel:
Maunganui
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. C. 10.
Cemetery Location: 
France
John Harding Wright
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