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WOODYARD, Andrew Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5129 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 November 1917, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Professional Soldier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 August 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, SN 5129, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement SN 5129, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked SN 5129, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, SN 5129, 29th Infantry Battalion, SW to chest and shoulder (directly hit by gas shell). Evacuated to 5th CCS where he died of his wounds the next day 7 August 1918. | |
| 7 Aug 1918: | Involvement SN 5129, 29th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Thomas and Christina Annie Woodyard; husband of Irene W. A. Woodyard, of Walton, Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Melbourne, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Several eye witness accounts (Red Cross file) claim that RSM Andrew Gordon Woodyard was wounded in action near Villers-Bretonneux on 6 August 1918 when directly hit in the shoulder/chest area by a German gas shell.
He was evacuated to the 5th CCS situated at Vecquemont, where he died of his wounds the next day 7 August 1918.
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