Photographed at the Dease Studio, 117 Barrack Street Perth WA Image courtesy of the State Library of Western Australia: 108499PD

Photographed at the Dease Studio, 117 Barrack Street Perth WA Image courtesy of the State Library of Western Australia: 108496PD

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: Depot

Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia

Address: Yarloop, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, Mr Charles Hamilton, Yarloop, Western Australia

Enlistment Date: 6 September 1915

Unit Name: Depot

Date of Death: 15 December 1967

Cause of Death: Not Known. He was 70 years old

Place of Death: Fremantle, Perth,
Western Australia

Year of Photo: 1916

Research Links:

Service Record (National Archives of Australia)
State Library of Western Australia Catalogue

Biography:

Photo taken 31 May 1916. While Wray was still in training with the 10th Light Horse Reimforcements, he contracted meningoccal meningitis which sent him blind. He was discharged and never deployed. Looking closely at the images, it’s clear his right eye is indeed blind.

Private HAMILTON, Wray James, Depot

Photographed at the Dease Studio, 117 Barrack Street Perth WA Image courtesy of the State Library of Western Australia: 108499PD

Photographed at the Dease Studio, 117 Barrack Street Perth WA Image courtesy of the State Library of Western Australia: 108496PD