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WOODS, Thomas Desmond Charles

Service Number:	1928
Enlisted:	15 March 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1896
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Brooklyn Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Yandina War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1928, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1928, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1928, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane

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