Reginald Norman Frederick WOODS

WOODS, Reginald Norman Frederick

    Service Number: 2479
    Enlisted: 12 April 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Toorak, Victoria,Australia, December 1894
    Home Town: Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: School teacher
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli , 28 November 1915
    Cemetery: Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2479, Melbourne, Victoria
    16 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2479, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    16 Jul 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2479, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
    28 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2479, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...2479 Private Reginald Norman Frederick Woods, 5th Battalion of Brighton, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 16 July 1915. On 28 November 1915, he was killed in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, aged 22. Pte Woods is buried in the Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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