WOODS, John
| Service Number: | 2180 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2180, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2180, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 2180, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Parents: Augustus Stewart Alexander and Mary WOODS; Wife: Elfreda Ethel WOODS, of 15 Fleming Street, Islington, New South Wales
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
106 years ago today, on the 13th October 1917, Driver John Woods, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2180), miner from 15 Fleming Street, Smedmore, New South Wales, father of two (Augustus Steward Alexandria, Jack), was Killed in Action during the 1st Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium, age 29.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 2nd August 1888 to Augustus Steward Alexandria (died 12.1.1906, Ryde, N.S.W.) and Mary Ann Woods nee Davey (died 1938); husband of Elfreda Ethel Woods nee Chant (married 1911, Wickham, N.S.W, remarried to John Lowe, 1923, Glebe, N.S.W., died 1965, Sydney, N.S.W. as Ilfrida Ethel Lowe?) of Hunter Street, Stockton, New South Wales and Bailey Street, Adamstown, N.S.W. John's son Jack (born 13.4.1913, Islington, N.S.W., died 28.8.1958, Blacksmiths, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th August 1916.
Admitted to hospital 7.12.1916 (influenza).
John’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium.
Place of Association - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr Woods’s name has also been inscribed on the Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honor Board 1 as WOOD, Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor and the Book of Gold.
Many thanks to John's Grandson Daryl Woods who joined me when placing a Memorial cross adorned with poppies at son Jack's gravesite on the 12th October 2017. ANGLICAN 3-201. 43.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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