PEARL GRACE WRIGHT

Born

on 16 January 1922

Connection to South Riana

Lived in South Riana.

Parents

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

Siblings

Walter Charles 1920 – 2008

Claude Edward 1923 – 1983

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

Ivan WING-JAN (1921 – 1992) in 1951 in Victoria

Family

John

Barbara

Robert

Paul

Died

on 14 September 2014 and is buried at Ballan Lawn Cemetery ,Victoria

School Records

Not known

Military Records

Badge number 7432, Pearl was a member of the Australian Women’s Land Army (AWLA). Unfortunately very few, if any, records exist of the Tasmanian branch of the service. The AWLA was officially formed on 27 July 1942. Within two years almost 3000 women were working – growing fruit and vegetables, in the cotton industry, on dairy farms or with poultry and in sheep and wool work. A minimum wage was paid for their work. The Land Army was disbanded in December 1945.

Photograph of Pearl and the badge courtesy of Lionel Wright.