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WOODS, Martin Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1388 |
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Enlisted: | 15 January 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company |
Born: | Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 6 November 1890 |
Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway Employee |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 May 1965, aged 74 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Woody Point Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1388, Railway Unit (AIF), Brisbane, Qld. | |
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11 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1388, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 1388, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
26 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1388, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Martin's parents were Patrick Woods and Mary Turner. He married Violet Hope Harris in 1914 and enlisted in January 1917. On his return in 1919 the couple spent a short time at Redcliffe before moving to Mareeba.