WRIGHT, Archibald Christopher
RANK: Driver
DIVISIONAL UNIT: 3rd Canadian Infantry Division
3rd Division Ammunition Column
No. 2 Section
Canadian Army Service Corps
SERVICE NO: 311413
RESIDENCE: Bluevale - Ontario
DATE OF BIRTH: October 24, 1890
Jamestown – Morris/Grey Township – County of Huron - Ontario
DATE OF DEATH: February 14, 1916 25 years 3 months
CEMETERY: Brussels United Church Cemetery – Brussels –
County of Huron - Ontario
PARENTS: Mr. Francis and Margaret Wright – Bluevale – Ontario
Occupation: Homesteader Religion: Presbyterian
Enlistment: January 5, 1916 – Toronto – into 3rd Division Ammunition Column
Enlistment Age: 25 years 2 months
Driver Wright was admitted to hospital on February 1st suffering from mastoidditis which is a bacterial infection in the bone behind the ear. History shows that he had this problem at an earlier time and that sugery had been done. He was operated on a second time and Driver Wright gradually sank and he died on the night of February 14, 1916 at 10 pm.
He died at the Stationary Hospital located at the Exhibition Camp on the Toronto lakefront.