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Wight, A.H., Pte., 1916
On the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey, is the name of 1441 Private Arthur Henry Wight, serving with the 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F., who died 02/05/1915.

Morpeth Herald 24/11/1916 carries an obituary:

Private Arthur Henry Wight, of the Australian Imperial Force, who was previously reported missing, is now officially recorded killed in action at the Dardanelles on May 2nd, 1915, in his 19th year. Private Wight came with the first contingent from Australia to the Dardanelles, and his brigade was one of the three selected for the first great landing in Gallipoli on the memorable morning of Sunday, April 25th, 1915. He was among those who succeeded in climbing the almost vertical cliffs, under heavy Turkish fire, and went through the battles which followed on the Peninsula until May 2nd, when he was killed during an attack upon the heights of Gaba Tepe. He was a son of the late Charles Wight, engineer, and grandson of the late Henry Wight, coach builder of Morpeth.

He is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01, M17.09 and M17.29


The CWGC entry for Private Wight

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