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Service Number:	2185
Enlisted:	18 June 1915, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tiverton, Devon, England., 23 February 1886
Home Town:	Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

18 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2185, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' (NAA, Pg's-2, 5) (KIA) Killed In Action (NAA, Pg-6)
18 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2185, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
20 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2185, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Armadale, Brisbane

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26th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Son of Frank and Lizzie Wood (nee Davey).

Births Jun 1886 WOOD James Tiverton 5b 433.

Address-Everton Park, Enoggera, Queensland

Next of kin Wife, Mrs Mary Wood, Everton Park, Enoggera, Queensland.
Enlistment 18 June 1915 Private 26th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement.

Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 20 September 1915-he was then aged 29.