CLAUDE EDWARD ‘RICK’ WRIGHT

Born

On 24 July 1923 at Penguin 

Connection to South Riana

Lived in South Riana.

PParents

Walter James WRIGHT and Margaret Mary CONNOLLY who were married at Wivenhoe on 17 March 1920.

Siblings

Walter Charles 1920 - 2008

Pearl Grace 1922 –2014

George Arthur 1924 – 1997

Ethel Margaret 1925 – 2009

Freda 1926 – still living

Hedley John 1927 – 1986

Alice Christina 1930 – 2009

Jack 1931 – 2020

Dale 1938 – 1983

Married

Gladys Ivy Ethel BRAMICH (1924 – 2002) on 3 September 1943 at Railton.

Family

Judith Denise 1945

Edward Allan (Teddy) 1946

Paul 1947

Rodney John 1950

Died

on 16 January 1983 and is buried at the Templestowe Cemetery, Victoria.

School Records

not known

Military Records

Service number TX11390 enlisting at Burnie on 26 August 1941, giving his father Walter James Wright of Fitzroy Vic as next of kin.  Soon afterwards he was transferred to the 2/5 Aust General Hospital with a rank of Private . He served in the Citizens Military Force (Full Time Duty) 26 Aug 41 – 28 Aug 42 and then the AIF as a volunteer 29 Aug 42 – 11 Dec 45. While in the AIF he worked as a Cook. In January 1944 he embarked from Townsville for Port Moresby on the ‘Canberra’ and in June of that year suffered from Malaria. He returned to Brisbane in July 1944. On discharge in 1945 he was 22 years of age, married with two children. He was 5’5”with blue eyes, black hair and a mid complexion. His total service was 1469 days, with 904 in Australia and 434 overseas.

Military photograph courtesy of Lionel Wright.