WOOD, Ernest John
| Service Number: | 1866 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hellingly, Sussex, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | National School, Portslade by Sea, Sussex. |
| Occupation: | Draper and Outfitter. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Near Ypres, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1866, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1866, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1874 Wood Ernest John Hailsham 2b 81.
Ernest emigrated to Australia in 1898, aged 24, and became a draper and outfitter.
Unmarried.
Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He was 43 and the eldest son of John and Ann Wood; brother of Walter David Wood of Ifield Mills, Crawley, Sussex.
John Wood later lived in Ifield and ran Ifield steam mill.
His parents predeceased him.
He is remembered on the following war memorials in the area where his father lived.
1-Crawley Memorial Gardens.
The new town of Crawley has incorporated the old Crawley Memorial Park Gates in one of the exits of the new shopping mall. It is a Memorial Garden with wrought iron gates with brick pillars and a plaque on each pillar. In 1914, Crawley was a large village and very close to the parish of Ifield, consequently most of the Ifield men are included on the Memorial Gates. There are 111 names recorded covering World War 1 only.
2-War Memorial in the churchyard at High Street, Crawley
3-War Memorial in the churchyard of St Margaret of Antioch, Ifield
4-War Memorial in the church of St Margaret of Antioch, Ifield
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