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John WOOD

Regimental number4743
Place of birthMaldon, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressMitcham, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Susanna Wood, Albert Street, Mitcham, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 January 1917
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 August 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Martha WOOD. Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance.
Discharge date3 January 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 23 June 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 25 August 1917; marched in to 8th Training Bn, Hurdcott, 26 August 1917.

Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, 19 October 1917.

Marched in to 15th Training Bn, Codford, 5 November 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 18 December 1917, and reverted to Private; taken on strength, 43rd Bn, in the field, 24 December 1917.

Admitted to 10th Australian Field Ambulance, 20 February 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 2 March 1918 (trench fever); to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 8 March 1918; to Ambulance Train, 10 March 1918, and admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 11 March 1918; transferred to England, 24 March 1918, and admitted to Mile End Military Hospital, Bancroft Road, London; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 3 April 1918; discharged to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 22 April 1918.

Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 11 July 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Medic', 24 August 1918 (Effort Syndrome); disembarked Melbourne, 11 October 1918, for onward travel by train to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 3 January 1919.

War service: 1 year 345 days (of which 1 year 111 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death12 October 1930
Age at death54
Place of burialMitcham Cemetery, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, WOOD John

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