Clarence Wright (1886 - 1957)

Born 5 Sep 1886 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (McGauchie) Wright — married 30 Aug 1911 in Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1957 at age 70 in Manangatang, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Clarence Wright was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Clarence Wright was born in 1886 at Newtown, New South Wales. ^[1]

Clarence married Isabella McGauchie in 1911 in Victoria. ^[2]

He died on 1 January 1957 and was buried on 3 January at Manangatang, Victoria.

DEATHS: Family Notices The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Thursday 3 January 1957^[3]

WRIGHT. - On January 1, at Manangatang. Clarence (late 57th Btn., 1st A.I.F.), dearly beloved husband of the late Isabella Wright, loved father of Ruby, Neta, Les, Stanley (deceased), Clarice, Jean, Reg, Elsie, Gladys, June, and Beatrice, aged 70 years.

Clarence was mentioned on a memorial in Manangatang Cemetery, Manangatang, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia with a death date of 1 January 1957.^[4]

Research notes

Note: {geni:about_me} 9139/1886 WRIGHT CLARENCE JOSEPH A ANNIE E NEWTOWN

ID number

DA15193

Photographer

Darge Photographic Company

Object type

Black & white - Glass original half plate negative

Place made

Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows

Date made

c 9 May 1916

Photograph

Collection

Description Studio portrait of 2511 Private (Pte) Clarence Wright, 57th Battalion. A labourer from North Melbourne, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Wright embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Shropshire on 25 September 1916. Whilst serving on the Western Front, he developed conjunctivitis and was transferred to base duties. His eyesight continued to deteriorate and he returned to Australia on 5 November 1917 and was medically discharged. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 27 Nov 2023), Index entry for WRIGHT CLARENCE; Parents: JOSEPH A & ANNIE E; District: NEWTOWN; Registration Number: 9139/1886 
2. ↑ VIC marriages 6326 / 1911 WRIGHT Clarence = MCGAUCHIE Isabella
3. ↑ 1957 Newspaper: "Trove, National Library of Australia"
   The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 3 Jan 1957, Page 11 : Family Notices
   Trove Article (accessed 27 November 2023)
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #214848367 (accessed 27 November 2023)
   Memorial page for Clarence Wright (5 Sep 1896-1 Jan 1957), citing Manangatang Cemetery, Manangatang, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia (plot: Church of England); Maintained by Kat (contributor 50217099).