Arthur WOOD

WOOD, Arthur

Service Number: 5246
Enlisted: 21 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, January 1894
Home Town: Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia
Schooling: Norwood Public School
Occupation: Farm labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 13 December 1916
Cemetery: Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy
Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Marion District Roll of Honour WW1, Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

21 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5246, Adelaide, South Australia
25 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5246, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5246, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE A. WOOD.

Mrs. W. Wood, of New-street, Plympton, has been advised by cable that her son Arthur, aged 22, was killed on December 12 in France. Before enlisting he was engaged in farming on the West Coast for four years and was loved by all who knew him. His father is on active service and is at the present moment ill in a hospital in London." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 20 Jan 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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