Alfred Terah ELWOOD

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Service Number:	507
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woodville, Hawker Bay, New Zealand, 1889
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Woodville School Hawker Bay NZ
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey , Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 17 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Died on board hospital ship Gascon off Gaba Tepe. Buried at sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 507, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 507, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 507, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
9 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 507, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe wounds to the head and arms

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Son of Mrs Sarah Nelson and F. E. Elwood of Kacaca, Te Kuiti, New Zealand

He was an expert driver and footballer

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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