Gordon Gladstone WOOD

WOOD, Gordon Gladstone

Service Number: Chaplain
Enlisted: 27 November 1940
Last Rank: Squadron Leader
Last Unit: RAAF Overseas HQ
Born: Moonta, South Australia, 24 June 1901
Home Town: Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales
Schooling: Leigh College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Chaplain
Died: Ground Battle, London, England, United Kingdom, 18 June 1944, aged 42 years
Cemetery: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Plot 4, Row N, Grave 16
Memorials: Wellington Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

27 Nov 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant (Chaplain)
27 Nov 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander
18 Jun 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader
18 Jun 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, Chaplain, RAAF Overseas HQ, Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Squadron Leader (Chaplain) Gordon Gladstone Wood attached to RAAF Overseas Headquarters London was killed by a V1 Flying Bomb

The Uniting Church in Wellington, NSW dedicated the Gordon Gladstone Wood Memorial Chapel in his honour “this chapel was dedicated to the memory of Gordon Gladstone Wood superintendent minister of this church 1937 - 1940 as a tribute of esteem by the Methodist people of Wellington & district”

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gordon Gladstone WOOD was born on 24th June, 1901 in Moonta, South Australia

His parents were Alfred WOOD & Janet WEMYSS

He married Gwendoline Enid STAPLES in Sydney, NSW in 1928

Gordon died on 18th June 1944 and is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in England