Hubert John (Bert) WOOD MM

WOOD, Hubert John

    Service Number: 2278
    Enlisted: 23 July 1915, Liverpool
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 14 April 1893
    Home Town: Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Natural causes, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1976, aged 83 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2278, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
    30 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2278, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    30 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2278, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    15 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
    31 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2278, 17th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Bullet graze right hand
    20 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
    9 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 2278, 17th Infantry Battalion, HT Kashmir, London for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 2 May 1919
    17 Jun 1919: Honoured Military Medal, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, For bravery and devotion to duty at Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918, despite being wounded in the hand he refused to hand over his gun until the pain from his wound forced him to do so. However he refused to retire, and went forward with his crew directing their work. Later he single-handedly rushed an enemy post killing two with his revolver which caused the remianing four to surrender.
    24 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2278, 17th Infantry Battalion

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