WOOD, Eric Mcglynn
Service Number: | SX1298 |
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Enlisted: | 6 November 1939, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 31 October 1908 |
Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
6 Nov 1939: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, SX1298, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion | |
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6 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
6 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX1298, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion | |
26 Nov 1945: | Discharged | |
26 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX1298, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 31 Ocotber 1908 in North Adelaide, South Australia
(SA Births 1907 - 1928, Book : 812 Page : 31 District : Ade.
Father Percy Walsingham Wood (b. 10/3/1873 North Adelaide, SA - d.6/9/1950)
Mother Amelia Jessie Wood (nee Connell), lived at 105A Childers Street, North Adelaide, SA
Father served in WWI:
4607 Private Percy Walsingham Wood - in 10th Infantry Battalion
6/9/1915 enlisted in Adelaide, SA
7/2/1916 embarked from Outer Harbour, SA, onboard HMAT A28 Miltiades
as a Private in 10th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
13/2/1917 Returned to Australia onboard HT Benalla, ex Plymouth, England
18/6/1917 discharged from service
6/9/1950 passed away
Buried in: West Terrace Cemetery (general), Adelaide, SA
Section: Eyre North; Path #12N; E/W: E; Site #32
Siblings:
Brother:
Frederick Walkden Wood (b. 16/6/1899 York, Western Australia)
Service #62187
Private in 11th Depot Unit of Supply
18/6/1918 enlisted in WWI in Adelaide SA
6/8/1918 embarked from Outer Harbour, SA, onboard SS Gaika
9/8/1919 returned to Australia
married: Irene Maud Wood (nee Schrader) - d.18/10/1985 (85 years of age)
buried with Frederick
children: Robert Frederick Wood; Alan Percival Wood and Betty Irene Kaye (Wood)
8/3/1927 passed away in Adelaide, SA - (27 years of age)
Buried in: West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA
Section: Eyre North; Path #12N; E/W: E; Site #31
Brother:
Ernest Walsingham Wood
service #762
7/9/1914 1st enlisted at Morphettville, SA
17/9/1914 embarked onboard HMAT A2 Geelong from Outer Harbour, SA
Lance Corporal in 12th Infantry Battalion
8/5/1915 gun shot wound to back and left knee - Dardanelles, Galllipoli, ANZAC
admitted to 2nd General Hospital
15/8/1915 returned invalided to Australia onboard HMAT Thermistocles, ex Suez, Egypt
1916 married Mary Louisa Wood (nee Williams) (b.1896 SA - d. 1979 WA)
NEW Service #6029
6/11/1916 re-embarked from Outer Harbour, SA, onboard HMAT A19 Afric
as a Private in 27th Battalion
1/9/1918 gun shot wound right thigh - received in action, France
22/8/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Anchises
5/10/1919 disembarked into Australia
6/12/1919 discharged from service
remarried: now Mrs Mary Louisa Rowles - living at 294 Railway Terrace, Maylands, WA
21/11/1921 children: Violet Maud Wood (b. 1917 - 5 yrs)
Norma Wood (b.4/8/1920 North Adelaide, SA - 2 yrs)
lived with mother in Western Australia
and Frederick Milton Rowles (b. 1923)
13/10/1921 accidentally killed
Sister: Elva Victoria WOOD (b.27/11/1910 North Adelaide, SA)
(SA Births 1907 - 1928, Book : 854 Page : 374 District : Ade.)
Brother: Percy Allan WOOD (b. 22/2/1913 North Adelaide, SA)
(SA Births 1907 - 1928, Book :904 Page : 197 District : Ade.)
Brother: Alfred Connell WOOD (b.2/6/1915 North Adelaide, SA)
(SA Births 1907 - 1928, Book : 960 Page : 169 District : Ade.)
Wife: Kathleen Valeria WOOD (nee RIGNEY)
6/11/1939 enlisted into WWII in Adelaide, SA
Lance Sergeant in 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Returned to Australia
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 16/7/2016. Lest we forget.