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Battalion / unit at enlistment: 5th University Co.
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 19 Jun 1887, Hintlesham, Suffolk, England
College Building memorial: First floor, northeast
Slide number(s): HR-1099, HR-1100
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 22 Nov 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: divinity student
Religion: Anglican
Age: 27 years
Height (inches): 66.50
Chest expansion (inches): 35.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.00
Father's Address: Durrant's Farm, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England (1915)
1928 list = "List of Students who enlisted during the Great War," U of S Archives. The list was completed after F. Underhill went to the University of Toronto in 1927; probably in conjunction with the Memorial Gates. Some of the addresses may be from an earlier date.
College Building list #: 106
Roll of Honour list #: 219
Roll of Service (1928) #: 309
Long List #: 338
Wright, Arthur James
Identification
Regimental number: 487336Battalion / unit at enlistment: 5th University Co.
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 19 Jun 1887, Hintlesham, Suffolk, England
College Building memorial: First floor, northeast
Slide number(s): HR-1099, HR-1100
U of S attendance
Entry date | College | Left - date | Left - reason | Degree | Degree - date | Notes |
1914 | Arts - Emm |
Military service - attestation
Volunteer/drafted: volunteerAttestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 22 Nov 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: divinity student
Religion: Anglican
Age: 27 years
Height (inches): 66.50
Chest expansion (inches): 35.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.00
Military service - assignments
Group | Type | Location | First known date | Last known date | Reason for end of assignment | Notes |
Can Record Office | London, UK | |||||
PPCLI | France | 1917 | ||||
5th University Co. |
Rank
Rank | Date | Notes |
Private |
Wounds
Wound type | Date | Notes |
gas | 29 Mar 1918 |
Family
Father: Wright, J TFather's Address: Durrant's Farm, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England (1915)
Non-military addresses
Address | Occupation | Earliest date | Latest date | Source | Notes |
Hadleigh, UK | student | 1914 | 1916 | U of S Calendar | |
Saskatoon | student | 1919 | 1920 | U of S Calendar | |
Okatoks | 1928 | 1928 list |
Sources
National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 10593 - 23College Building list #: 106
Roll of Honour list #: 219
Roll of Service (1928) #: 309
Long List #: 338
Links to more information
- Great War site: photographs/documents
- Search National Archives' Soldiers of the First World War database (automatic search based on regimental number or name)