Thomas Herschell WOOD

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Service Number:	1760
Enlisted:	16 February 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, Picardie, France, 2 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie Special Memorial - one of 81 graves destroyed in fighting the following year.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterborough St Peter's Anglican Church Roll of Honour WW1, Peterborough War Memorial

16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1760, 50th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1760, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1760, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1760 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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