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WOOD, Alexander Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 783 |
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Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Buckie, Scotland, 1889 |
Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sailor |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 23, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 783, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 783, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 783, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Residential address at the time of enlistment was Strahtdown, Everton Street, Balmain, NSW
Son of William and Isabella Wood of 27 Starbank Road, Trinity, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal