Charles Peter WOOD DFC

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Service Number:	416641
Enlisted:	25 July 1940, Unley, SA
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 99 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 10 September 1919
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Marion, South Australia, 30 December 1990, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Interment Date: 02/01/1991; Grave Location: Acacia E/Path 19/Grave 135A. Also his (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 31/Row H; AT the South Australian Garden of Remembrance (within Centennial Park Cemetery) 760 Goodwood Rd - Pasadena, SA, Australia.
Memorials:

25 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Unley, SA
21 Jul 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 416641, No. 99 Squadron (RAAF), Last Unit: No. 99 Squadron (RAAF); Prior to Last Unit: No. 90 Squadron (RAF), as per stated - AWM - Honours & Awards.
21 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 416641, Adelaide, SA
21 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 416641
25 Feb 1944:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Honours & Awards: 25/01/1944, D.F.C., Distinguished Flying Cross; Details: Many sorties against well fortified centres. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette - Pg-537, Pos-7. London Gazette - 11/02/1944 - Pg-740, Pos-7.
21 Jan 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 416641, No. 99 Squadron (RAAF)

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