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WOODFORDE, Philip Sydney Soane
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 12 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mosman Public & Church of England Public, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Woolbuyer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 6 May 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot III, Row D, Grave 6 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 13 Nov 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 6 May 1917: | Involvement Major, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1917-05-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Philip Sydney Soane WOODFORDE was born in Dubbo, NSW in 1894
His parents were Alfred Ernest WOODFORDE & Blanche Geraldine SOANE who married in Walgett in 1891
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Two of his brothers also served during WW1
1. Marcus Victor Ernest WOODFORDE (SN 30336) Army - returned to Australia in 1919
2. Arthur Herbert Ridout WOODFORDE (SN 63802) - 2nd Field Artillery Brigade - returned to Australia in 1919 - he also served in the Army during WW2 (SN T22062)
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