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Military service
Service number:
G/10335
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 17, 1921
Arthurette, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
April 14, 1941
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
October 12, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of Frank Byron Wright and Effie Mae Wright of Arthurette, New Brunswick. Husband of Wilma M. (nee Prosser) Wright. Father of Byron Leigh, of Petitcodiac, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick. Brother of William.
Digital gallery of Private John Leigh Wright
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Photo of John Wright
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Cemetery
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Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Leigh Wright
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Private John Leigh Wright
Digital gallery of
Private John Leigh Wright
Digital gallery of
Private John Leigh Wright
Digital gallery of
Private John Leigh Wright
Digital gallery of
Private John Leigh Wright
Digital gallery of
Private John Leigh Wright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 483 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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