Regimental number | 1446 |
Place of birth | Croydon, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Seaman |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Step-Mother, Mrs L Cook, Wyman Street, Railway Town, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Royal Navy for 7 years: discharged owing to expiration of time. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | On his Attestation Paper Woods stated that he was single and nominated Mrs Louisa Cook, Step-mother, as next of kin, and specified in his will that if she should pre-decease him, his effects should should go to her daughter, Miss Irene Gilbert. Subsequent enquiries in 1920 established that he was in fact married (20 May 1907) to Mrs I.A. Woods, and that Mrs L. Cook was not his Step-mother but his Mother-in-law, being the Mother of Mrs. Woods (Miss I.A. Cook before her marriage). |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Pieta Military Cemetery (Row XXV, Grave No. 7), Malta |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 61 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Eliza WOODS |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Wounded in action, 9 June 1915 (gun shot wound, right shoulder). Died of wounds, Malta, 30 June 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |