WOOD, Percy
| Service Number: | 5776 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, Lancashire, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Caledonian School, Liverpool, England |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 5 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row K, Grave No. 9. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5776, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5776, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5776, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 5776, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5776 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Percy Wood enlisted at the end of 1915. His parents were Thomas and Emily Wood, of Tue Brook, Liverpool, England. His father filled out his Roll of Honour form in much detail and it seems Percy had only arrived in Australia a year before the war.
He and his brother William Wood both gave their place of association as Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales. Percy was one of five brothers, four of whom served in WW1. His younger brother, 1672 Private William Howard Wood 5th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Pozieres on 18 August 1916, aged 23. William was in fact killed about a month before Percy arrived on the Western Front.
Another brother, who served with the British forces, 7695 Pte. Harold Wood 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, died of wounds in France only nine days before the Armistice, on 2 November 1918.
A fourth brother, George Henry Wood, joined the RAF in 1918 but the war ended before he did much service.
Percy joined the 1st Pioneer Battalion in France during September 1916. He was sent to hospital with leg ulcers a few months later. It was July 1917, before he returned to the 1st Pioneer Battalion. Percy Wood was mortally wounded in the back by a piece of shrapnel on 4 October 1917. He was working on making a track at the time, and, carried out by his mates, he died of his wounds the next day in the 10th Casualty Clearing Station.
He left a will in favour of his mum in England.