Notes
John Wright, Private (3155) 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry. Age 36.
John was a bank clerk who served his apprenticeship in the National Bank in Dumfries before he went to South Africa in 1902. He enlisted in July 1915 in the Transvaal Regiment and served in Egypt and France. John was reported missing in Delville Wood.
Born 1880 in Glen kiln, Irongray. Son of James and Margaret (Porter) Wright of Bonerick, Irongray.
Missing in action on 1 August 1916 and listed on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.