Charles Amos WOODS

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WOODS, Charles Amos

Service Number:	2897
Enlisted:	30 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Essendon, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brick-layer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
10 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2897, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
10 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2897, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
10 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2897, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2897 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-10

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Biography

"...2897 Private Charles Amos Woods, 9th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, of Essendon, Vic. Pte Woods enlisted on 30 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Star of Victoria on 10 September 1915. He was killed in action on 10 May 1917 at Bullecourt, France. His brother, 464 Pte Horace James Woods, D Company, 7th Battalion, of Essendon, also served and was wounded at the Gallipoli Peninsula." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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