WOOD, William Richard
| Service Number: | 2446 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Torrens, South Australia, Australia, October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mount Torrens, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 17 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Arneke British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gumeracha Our Fallen Heroes WW1 Honour Board, Mount Torrens Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2446, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2446, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2446, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Adelaide | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2446, 10th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2446 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-17 |
William Richard Wood
Name: Samuel Alfred Darlot Wood
Service Number: 222
Place of Birth: Mount Torrens
Date of Birth: 14 October 1896
Place of Enlistment: Morphettville
Date of Enlistment: 10 January 1916
Age at Enlistment: 19 years 3 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Elizabeth Wood
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Private
Samuel left Adelaide with the 43rd Battalion on board HMAT Afric on 9 June 1916. They proceeded to France on 7 July 1917. Samuel suffered shell gas poisoning in action on 26 May 1918 and had to be invalided to England for treatment at Horton War Hospital in Epsom on 1 June. On 6 November 1918 he was transferred to a training brigade in England prior to returning to Australia on the Nestor on 20 May 1919 and was discharged on 14 August.
Submitted 25 October 2023 by christopher collins
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