Hubert WRIGHT

Service Number: S488

Enlisted: 31 August 1940, Keswick, SA

Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2

Last Unit: Not yet discovered

Born: Kangaroo Island, SA, 19 January 1895

Home Town: Not yet discovered

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Not yet discovered

Died: Illness, Australia, 20 February 1943, aged 48 years

Cemetery: Not yet discovered

Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

31 Aug 1940: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, SN S488

31 Aug 1940: Enlisted Keswick, SA

Date unknown: Involvement

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Kleinig Ref: {1458}

Link to Embarkation Roll:

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AIF Project

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Hubert WRIGHT

Service Number: 1762

Last Rank: Private

Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion

Memorials: Kingscote Kangaroo Island WW1 Roll of Honour, Penneshaw Kangaroo Island Men Roll of Honor WW1

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, SN 1762, 50th Infantry Battalion

11 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, SN 1762, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide

11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, SN 1762, 32nd Infantry Battalion

Date unknown: Wounded SN 1762, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Also served in WW2

World War 2 Service

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Family

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Descendants of :

John WRIGHT

John WRIGHT was born 28 Jul 1852 in Adelaide, SA and died 06 Jan 1953 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Emma GRANGER 10 Apr 1878 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 15 Mar 1853 in Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, England and died 07 Sep 1919 in Adelaide, SA, daughter of George GRANGER and Ann RAWLINSON.

Other events in the life of John WRIGHT

Burial: 06 Jan 1953, Kingscote Cemetery, SA

Children of John WRIGHT and Emma GRANGER:

i. John WRIGHT was born 14 Feb 1879 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 01 Feb 1965 in Zion, Illinois, USA
ii. George WRIGHT was born 18 Oct 1881 in Vivonne Bay Kangaroo Island, SA and died 22 Sep 1957 in Camperdown, Victoria
iii. Herbert WRIGHT was born 22 Mar 1884 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 06 Oct 1983 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
iv. Annie WRIGHT was born 07 Feb 1887 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 11 Jul 1966 in Hyde Park, SA
v. Lawrence WRIGHT was born 22 Jan 1890 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 1939 in Camperdown, Victoria
vi. Hubert WRIGHT was born 19 Jan 1895 in Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 20 Feb 1943 in Northfield, SA. He married Norma Belle RETCHFORD 07 Nov 1925 in Underdale, SA. She was born 15 May 1903 in Forestville, SA and died 19 Sep 1995, daughter of Hines RETCHFORD.


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