WOOD, Ron William
| Service Number: | W25712 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, 25 October 1914 |
| Home Town: | Donnybrook, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Harvey, Western Australia, 22 September 1972, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180480136/ronald-william-wood Donnybrook Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181096298/ronald-william-wood |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W25712 | |
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| 19 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W25712 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Trooper Ron William Wood (Service No:W25712) enlisted in the ACMF on 14 March 1941 and served with 25 Machine Gun Regiment and 25 Cavalry Regiment before transferring to 1 Infantry Training Battalion on 10 January 1944. Trooper Wood was atatched to 1 Infantry Training Battalion at Discharge on 19 May 1944.
Ronald (Ron) William was born in 1914 in Bunbury WA, eldest of eight children of Charles William Wood (b1887 in Donnybrook, WA) and Ellen (Nell) Margaret Victoria Sanford (b1895 in Barwon, Victoria). Charles (a Farmer) and Nell married in 1913 in Donnybrook, WA where they settled and raised their family and Charles was a Farmer.
Ron worked in Donnybrook as a Labourer before enlisting in the ACMF. In 1948 in Bunbury, Ron married Gem Matthews (b1922 in Bunbury, WA). Ron and Gem settled in Harvey WA where they raised their family and Ron was a Timber Worker. Ron died in 1972 and Gem in 2010.
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