Regimental number | 64535 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Essendon, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Grocer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 2" |
Weight | 118 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Robert Woods, 52 Miller Street, Essendon, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 4 years in the Cadets (Area 58A). |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Unit name | 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria (Egypt) |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Darwin on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: [508] Lt George Clarence WOODS, 3rd Machine Gun Squadron, returned to Australia, 17 July 1919; Cousins: 464 Pte Horace James WOODS, 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 March 1916; 2897 Pte Charles Amos WOODS, 58th Bn, killed in action, 10 May 1917; 2473 Pte Edward Allen WOODS, 2nd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Embarked Sydney, 14 September 1918; disembarked Suez, 19 October 1918. Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Moascar, 29 January 1919 (measles); discharged, 8 February 1919. Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 2 March 1919 (tonsillitis); discharged to duty, 10 March 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Oxfordshire', 10 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 13 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 28 August 1919. Medal: British War Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WOODS Lawrence Albert |