Alfred Edward WOOD

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Service Number:	235
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, 1894
Home Town:	Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheeler
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	Walkers Ridge Cemetery Special Memorial, Grave 25 Rev. W. Grant officiated Headstone inscription reads: The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 235, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 235, 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, 235, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Son of Thomas and Mary Wood of 'Australia', Aberdare Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW

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

Also served in the Militia for 2 years