Robert WOODS

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Service Number:	1110
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 1887
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1110, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1110, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1110, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
28 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1110, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1110 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-28

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His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.

Next of kin given as his brother Henry James Woods of 210 Devonshire Street, Stepney, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal