Duncan McRae WOOD

Badge Number: 59373, Sub Branch: Clare
59373

WOOD, Duncan McRae

Service Number: 1077
Enlisted: 8 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 7th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Enfield, Sydney, New South Wales, 29 November 1889
Home Town: Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Overseer & Book-keeper
Died: Adelaide, South Australia, 7 March 1973, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Buried Centennial Park, Section: Anglican E, Path: 33, Site: 229B.
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World War 1 Service

8 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
7 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1077, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
7 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1077, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Chilka, Sydney
30 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1077, 7th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

23 September 1916 - Returned to Australia on board Kanowna

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

29 May 1918 - Married Christina Olive Bailey in St Pauls Church, Adelaide

RSL Information

30 September 1933 - Joined Clare Sub Branch

30 April 1936 - Transferred to Frarrells Flat Sub Branch

30 April 1937 - Transferred to clare Sub Branch

Badges 16950 and 11515 lost