Regimental number | 4743 |
Place of birth | Maldon, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Grocer |
Address | Mitcham, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Susanna Wood, Albert Street, Mitcham, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 43rd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Martha WOOD. Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance. |
Discharge date | |
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 death | |
Age at death | 54 |
Place of burial | Mitcham Cemetery, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WOOD John |