WRIGHT, Donald Campbell
(Service number 72049)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 15 May 1897 | Place of Birth | Gore |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 70 Cain Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Telegraph cadet (P & T Dept) | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Joseph WRIGHT (father), 70 Cain Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 38th Reinforcements, Specialists Company | ||
| Date | 5 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Remuera | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 March 1942 | Age | 44 years |
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| Place of Death | Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Boggabri General Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Donald Campbell Wright was born on 15 May 1897 at Gore, the fourth son of Joseph Wright, from Cork, Ireland, and his wife, Ellen (née Watson) Wright, from the Isle of Wight (or County Down, Ireland). Along with his siblings, he was educated at Croydon Siding and Gore Main schools. Donald was a telegraph cadet and living at home (70 Cain Street, Timaru) when he enlisted. He nominated as next-of-kin, his father, Joseph Wright, 70 Cain Street, Timaru.
Both D. C. Wright and W. B. T. Wright , of Timaru, returned to New Zealand per the ‘Awarua’ which was due at Auckland about 19 November 1919. Donald Campbell Wright died on 1 March 1942 at Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia, aged 44 years. While he was buried in the Boggabri General Cemetery, he was also remembered on his parents’ headstone at Timaru. His father had died in 1935 and his mother died in October 1942. Two brothers of Donald served in World War One - Robert James Wright, who died of wounds in France, and William Burrows Tinsley Wright. A nephew, Robert John Wardrop, lost his life in World War Two.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 November 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2020]; School Admission record [27 December 2020]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 December 2002]; Boggabri Cemetery, NSW, record (Find A Grave) [27 December 2020]; Timaru Herald, 30 October 1919 (Papers Past) [01 November 2020]
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