Archie WOOD

WOOD, Archie

    Service Number: 781
    Enlisted: 19 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 June 1888
    Home Town: Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
    Schooling: Glen Innes Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer / Lift Attendant
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 781, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 781, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
    9 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 781, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    11 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 781, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
    16 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 781, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
    23 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 781, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 781, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 781, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Eye witness reports:

    I was with Private Wood when he was wounded. His wound was very serious, but I cannot tell you whether he died. I would not have given much for his chance of living. He was wounded in the head, a bullet entered through his left eye and out of his head at the back. When I saw him last he was struggling with a fellow for possession of a rifle.'

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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