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WRIGHT, Ernest Walter
(Service number 34466)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names M-Y, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Timaru South School Memorial plaque, 2010 — Mounted on a brick pillar at the School's front gate (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	Rangitira Valley, Temuka, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W. Wright (father), Piarere, via Tirau, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	20th Reinforcements E Company
Date	1 February 1917
Transport	Opawa
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Auckland Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 January 1918	Age	27
Place of Death	Le Cateau, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France; Roll of Honour, Tirau District 1914 - 1918, Tirau Museum, Tirau, New Zealand; Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories
Memorial Reference	III. C. 24
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Timaru South School WW1 Memorial plaque; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of William and Mary Arm Wright (nee Norton), of Hilton Downs, Piarere, Tirau, Waikato, New Zealand

Sources

Cenotaph (6 Aug 2013)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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