Kevin Harry Robert WOOD

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WOOD, Kevin Harry Robert

Service Numbers:	N264226, NX144390
Enlisted:	11 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Australian General Hospital
Born:	Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1923
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sheetmetal Worker
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1984, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

11 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, N264226
31 Jul 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, N264226
6 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144390
17 Mar 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144390, 2/5th Australian General Hospital, embarked Sydney for Morotai on board the John Hope
1 Feb 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144390, 2nd/5th Australian General Hospital, embarked Morotai for Sydney on board the Manunda
5 Sep 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX144390

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Kevin Harry Robert Wood (Service Nos:N264224/NX144390) enlisted in the ACMF on 12 February 1942, and was a Gunner attached to 12 Australian Field Regiment on 6 August 1942 when he enlisted 'in the field' in the AIF. Private Wood served with 2/5 Australian General Hospital (AGH) in Morotai (17 March 1945 - 1 February 1946), and was attached to 2/5 AGH at DIscharge on 5 September 1946.

Kevin was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1923, only child of Ernest Allan Wood (b1898 in Yorkshire, England) and his first wife Lilian Christina Drummond (b1898 in Dipton, New Zealand). Ernest had immigrated with his parents in 1900, arriving in Sydney on board the Oroya, and worked as a Motor Mechanic in Sydney before enlisting in the AIF in 1917. Following his Discharge, Ernest was working as a Fitter when he and Lilian married in Sydney in 1922 - they had separated by 1937 and divorced in 19139 (both remarried). Ernest worked in Bondi as a Pipe Fitter.

Kevin was a Munitions Worker and Sheetmetal Worker in Sydney when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge, he returned to Sydney and in 1948 married Aileen (Mavis) Carroll (b1921 in Sydney, New South Wales) - Kevin was working as an Assistant and Mavis as a Stemmer (stripping tobacco leaves from stems). Kevin and Mavis settled in Sydney, where they raised their family and Kevin worked as a Welder and Taxi Driver until his death in 1984. Mavis died in 2011.

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