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O'HARA WOOD, Pat
Personal Details
| Other Name: | O'Hara Wood, Hector |
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| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
| Enlisted: | 28 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 30 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Trinity College then Studied Law at Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Law Student |
| Died: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 3 December 1961, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated, Boronia area |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 May 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 28 May 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Mar 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 1 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 23rd Infantry Battalion, From 13th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 3 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Correct name was Hector O'Hara-Wood but served as Pat O'Hara-Wood.
Son of John James O'Hara Wood and Catherine Compton O'Hara Wood nee Holyroyd of Crest Hill, Lansdown Road, East St Kilda, Victoria. Brother of Arthur Holyroyd O'Hara Wood who died in France on 6 October 1919 and is buried in the Bonfray Farm Military Cemetery, Plot 11, Row G, Grave 19
Commenced return to Australia on 22 November 1919 aboard HT Orsova
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Mentioned in Despatches
During 1923c Pat married Meryl Aitken Waxman iin Victoria