John Reginald WOOD DCM

WOOD, John Reginald

Service Number: 2232
Enlisted: 29 March 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Beeston, England, 8 January 1893
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Telegraph Linesman
Died: Died of wounds, France, 20 August 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane
29 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2232, Brisbane, Queensland
12 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 9th Infantry Battalion,

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4 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2232, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood
20 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-20

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"THE LATE LIEUT. WOOD, D.C.M. 

The following letter was received by Mr. and Mrs. R. Wood, "Roselea," Healesville West, respecting the death of their son, Lieut. J. R. Wood, D.C.M.

"France 6/9/18. You will have heard by this time from official sources, but I thought you would like to hear the gallant conduct which led to his getting the wounds of which he died two days later. He was in charge of two guns, which went forward with the infantry. He was engaging enemy machine guns at point blank range, when a bomb thrown by the enemy, who had crept down in an old trench, landed on his gun. He picked it up and tried to throw it clear, but it burst just as it left his hand, destroying his gun and wounding him in a number of places. He got back to the casualty clearing at Vecquemont, near Corbie, and was operated on, and we thought he was doing well, but he suddenly collapsed and died on 20/8/18 . He is buried in the cemetery attached to the C.C.S. I know that nothing I can say will ease the pain of your loss, but his brother officers join with me in conveying our sympathy with you in the loss of a gallant comrade, who died that Australia might never see her towns and villages in the state of those around which we are now fighting. I am yours sincerely, H. W. Ralston. Lieut.-Colonel." - from the Box Hill Reporter 15 Nov 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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