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Private JOHN VICTOR WRIGHT

Service Number: 2504
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

53rd Bn

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

X. A. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Charles and Charlotte Wright, of 10, Great Buckingham St., Redfern, New South Wales. Native of Manilla, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2112
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