Ernest Ray WRIGHT
Year of Birth: 1898
Place of Birth: Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 8 January 1943, Ingleburn, New South Wales, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Imperial Force
Rank: Private
Unit(s): HQ. 2/2 Guard Battalion Australian Infantry
Service Number: NX143817
Died: 23 November 1944
Age: 45 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot A – Row B – Grave 14
Ernest Ray (Roy) Wright enlisted 8 January 1943, Ingleburn, New South Wales and gave his next of kin as Dorothy Wright, his wife. His mother was Susan Wright and he was born 16 December 1898. On the Queensland BDM Death Index his parents are not named.
His records states he died of illness.
Ernest Ray Wright’s name is located at panel 77 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B883, (WRIGHT Ernest Roy) National Archives of Australia
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
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