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Harry Charles WOOD

Regimental number1199
Place of birthMaidstone, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSanitary engineer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 10.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Francis May Wood, Avondale, Mark Street, Hunter, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the 4th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date30 September 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentColour SGT
Unit name2nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 August 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date6 January 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Themistocles', 15 August 1915; discharged (medically unfit: rheumatism), Sydney, 6 January 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death11 September 1933
Age at death49
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (R.C. Sec. 9, 6418), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, WOOD Harry Charles

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