Robert Samuel WOOD

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Service Number:	570
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, England, 1885
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Platelayer
Died:	Died of wounds, Government Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 11 June 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row L, Grave 98, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 570, Enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 570, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 570, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Father's address was Waterloo Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Also served 4 years with Kings Rifles in Liverpool UK

25 May 1915 - Wounded in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Wounds to chest, right shoulder and right arm

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

He is remembered on the Merseyside Roll of Honour.