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George WOOD

Place of birthChell, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressEast Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinSister, Miss Mary Leah Wood, Bell Vista, Woonona, Victoria
Enlistment date30 September 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name58th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXVIII, Row B, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary WOOD
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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