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Military service
Service number:
66086
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Death:
July 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
P. 800. S. M.
Additional information
Born in Dublin, Ireland on 31 December 1879. Son of the late Peter and Margaret Wright; husband of Amelia Wright, of Montreal, Quebec. Uncle of Alice Curley of Dublin, Ireland, brother of Mrs. Lucy Gordon of Dublin, Ireland and Mr. John Wright of Manchester, England. He attested on 26 October 1914 at Montreal, Quebec. He went overseas on the SS Scandanavia on 17 June 1916. He was medically discharged on December 26, 1916.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private Peter Aug Wright
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Submitted for the project: Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Aug Wright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 526 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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