Albert Frederick WOOD

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WOOD, Albert Frederick

Service Number:	483
Enlisted:	1 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 15 February 1894
Home Town:	Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Wounds, France, 11 June 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension His name is located at panel 111 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, 483, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, 483, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
11 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-06-11
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Father Frederick Edgar Wood and Mother Alice Thorn Wood (nee Kite),
living at 16 Oak Avenue, Unley, South Australia.

Albert lived c/o Mrs T A Wood, 'Rothwell', Young Street, Parkside SA

Previous service: 1 year senior cadets
3 years Citizens Forces - 74th Infantry (still serving on enlisting).

Described on enlisting as 20 years 10 months old; single; 5' 4 1/2" tall; 9 stone 3 lbs;
dark complexion; brown eyes; dark hair; Church of England.

24/11/1914 Completed medical at Oaklands, fit for service

24/11/1914 Commanding Officer appointed Albert to C Company, Base Infantry
Oaklands Camp, SA

26/11/1914 Enlisted at Oaklands, SA

1/1/1915 Promoted to Provisional Corporal

15/4/1915       Sick with Measles
                       Admitted to Military Hospital, Keswick, SA
5/5/1915         Discharged to unit

31/5/1915 Embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Geelong A2
as a Quarter Master Sergeant

4/9/1915 Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt
to join Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces, Gallipoli

10/1/1916 Disembarked into Alexandria, ex Mudros, Greece

15/3/1916 Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, Alexandria, Egypt

21/3/1916 Disembarked into Marseilles, France

16/8/1916 Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant

1/11/1916         Sick to hospital - Ulcer left leg
                         Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, France
2/11/1916         Admitted to 1st Red Cross Hospital, France
9/11/1916         Transferred to Etaples, France
10/11/1916       Admitted from hospital to 2nd Divisional Base Depot, Etaples,France

17/11/1916 Rejoined 27th Battalion

22/11/1916 Sick to hospital - Etaples, France
3/12/1916 Rejoined 27th Battalion

10/12/1916 English leave
26/12/1916 Rejoined 27th Battalion from leave

18/1/1917 Promoted to Lieutenant

2/2/1917 Attached duty with 108th Tunnelling Co. R Engineers

9/3/1917 Rejoined battalion from detachment

11/3/1917         Sick to hospital - Havre, France
28/5/1917         Rejoined battalion - Etaples, France
29/5/1917         Taken on strength into 27th Battalion

31/8/1917 Detached for duty 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot

2/9/1917 To Central Training School, Etaples, France
30/10/1917 Rejoined battalion from detachment - Belgium

16/12/1917       English leave
10/1/1918         Rejoined 27th Battalion from leave - Belgium
                         sick to hospital with abscess - Belgium
                         admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station - Belgium

18/1/1918 Rejoined 27th Battalion from hospital - Belgium

17/3/1918 To Paris on leave
25/3/1918 Rejoined 27th Battalion from leave - Belgium

10/6/1918 Wounded in action

11/6/1918 Died of Wounds
buried in: Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Franvillers, France

Medals:
WWI 1914-15 Star (25333); British War Medal (13313); Victory Medal (13243);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (357932).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 15/11/2014. Lest we forget.

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