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Samuel WOOD

Regimental number4218
Place of birthBirmingham, England
ReligionCongregational
OccupationGrocer
Address71 Cotter Street, Burnley, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Eli Jones Wood, 71 Cotter Street, Burnley, Victoria
Enlistment date20 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Eli James and Ellen WOOD
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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