WOODHEAD, Royce
| Service Number: | 2260 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 19 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Kalgoorlie Central School |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 11 April 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery H 64, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Boulder 84th Infantry Goldfields Regiment Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2260, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2260, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2260, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 11 Apr 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 2260, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2260 awm_unit: 1 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Woodhead, of Corner of Ward and Graeme Streets, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and the late Clara Woodhead nee Jahns.
Royce was one of the first to enlist at the age of 16yrs and he was to die, killed in action, in Egypt on 11th April 1918 aged 21 yrs, in the final year of the war. He left behind his grieving parents in Kalgoorlie. His mother Clara and his father, William Woodhead, master printer who had his business premises in Cassidy Street, Kalgoorlie. It would seem that his skill in the cadets with the rifle would play a part in his death, as he was singled out to be a sniper because of his marksmanship.
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