WRIGHT, Bryce
(Service number 27410)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 18/07/1885 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Cricklewood, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | B. WRIGHT, Cricklewood, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Reinfrocements, J Company | ||
| Date | 19 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 23 March 1936 | Age | 50 years |
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| Place of Death | Pongaroa | ||
| Cause | Sudden collapse | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Mangatainoka Cemetery, Pahiatua | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Bryce Wright, born on 18 July 1885 at Dunedin, was the oldest son of Bryce and Jessie (née Russell) Wright. He was educated at Totara School near Oamaru, Oamaru South School, and Gapes Valley School, leaving there for Geraldine in 1896. Bryce was farming at Cricklewood when he enlisted. He married Helen Constance Dare (Constance) in 1921. Bryce Wright died very suddenly on 23 March 1936, collapsing while he was attending a stock sale at Pongaroa. He had taken up a farm at Ttiraumea in about 1919. It was in 1919 that his mother died suddenly at her home at Cricklewood. He left his widow and four young children - a son (a student at Waitaki Boys’ High School) and three daughters. His brother, Gray Russell Wright, also served in World War I, embarking with the Main Body in 1914.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 May 2020]; School Admission records [11 May 2020]; Pahiatua Cemetery record (Tararua District Council [11 May 2020]; Timaru Herald, 17 March 1919, Otago Daily Times, 22 March 1919, Press, 22 March 1919, 27 March 1936, Manawatu Standard, 25 March 1936, Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 March 1936, Manawatu Times, 25 March 1936 (Papers Past) [14 May 2020]
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