Samuel Eddy WOOLF

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WOOLF, Samuel Eddy

Service Number:	2226
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pendeen, Cornwall, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 23 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2226, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2226, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Armadale, Brisbane
28 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Birth record not found.

He was 46 and the son of Samuel and Grace Woolf; husband of Elizabeth Ann Woolf, of Urangan, Queensland.

Previous military service-Nil (previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of failing riding test, Enoggera)
Enlistment date 6 July 1915 - Brisbane, Queensland
Private-25th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement. Unit from Nominal Roll-9th Battalion-Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 18 September 1915-he was then 37.

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