Arthur Thomas WOOD

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Service Number:	22426
Enlisted:	8 August 1938
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Berry, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1921
Home Town:	East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berry War Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Mosman Bradleys Head HMAS Sydney Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial

8 Aug 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 22426, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, 22426, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

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Able Seaman Arthur T. Wood of Punchbowl, form erly of Berry, South Coast, was on the H.M.A.S. "Sydney." He was in the Navy 4 years.

Family -

Father - Arthur ardill WOOD (1891 - 1961)

Mother - Ruby Muriel NEWING (1896 - 1945)

Wife - married Victoria Adeline MATSON on 10 Nov 1941 at St John's Church of England, Fremantle, W.A.