WOOD, George Preston
| Service Number: | 4569 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Preston, Western Australia, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Donnybrook, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Donnybrook State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Donnybrook Preston Road Board, Donnybrook War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4569, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4569, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4569, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Preston Wood of Donnybrook Western Australia was the son of Georgina Wood, his father having died during 1910.
George was seen by mates to be mortally wounded in the trenches on the 4 August 1916. He was 18 years and 11 months of age.
His younger brother, 2472 Pte. Richard Henry Wood 51st Battalion AIF was killed in action only 11 days later, 15 August 1916, aged only 17 years.
Another brother, 376 Private Alfred John Wood, served with the 11th Battalion and was wounded at Gallipoli, before being returned to Australia on account of the death of his two brothers, for ‘family reasons.’
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