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WOOD, Robert William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2899 |
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Enlisted: | 17 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, September 1896 |
Home Town: | Whyalla (Formerly Hummock's Hill), Whyalla, South Australia |
Schooling: | Solomontown Public School and Port Pirie School of Mines |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Died of wounds, London, England, United Kingdom, 23 October 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Whyalla Roll of Honour, Whyalla WW1 War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2899, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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16 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2899, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2899, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
13 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2899, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2899, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 2nd occasion - Gas | |
22 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2899, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion - GSW (arms) |
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