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| Keywords: Corporal Thomas James Wright (2467).jpeg en Corporal Thomas James Wright 1882-1916 was born on 23 August 1882 at 89 Islington Street Collingwood A slater and tiler by trade he also played senior Australian rules football for the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL competition 4 games in 1906 and 8 games in 1907 In 1908 he was working in New Zealand and was appointed captain of the New Zealand Australian Rules football team that played in the 1908 Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival in Melbourne he was one of New Zealand ™s best players in that competition In 1909 he returned to Melbourne and was granted a permit to play with Prahran in the VFA Australian Rules competition A corporal he had been promoted to corporal on the field on 16 October 1916 in the 59th Battalion AIF he had enlisted on 3 February 1915 and transferred from the 7th to the 59th Battalion on 4 August 1916 he was killed in action in the field on 12 December 1916 in France and was buried at Delville Wood Cemetery http //cas awm gov au/item/H05637 Australian War Memorial author 1915 PD-Australia Players of Collingwood Football Club Images from the Australian War Memorial Black and white photographs | ||||
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