Grahame Albert Cregeen WOOD

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WOOD, Grahame Albert Cregeen

Service Number:	401343
Enlisted:	2 February 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 456 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 August 1921
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Launceston Church of England Grammar School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Architectural Draughtsman
Died:	Accidental - Aircraft accident, Newborough, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, 8 October 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Holyhead (Maeshyfryd) Burial Board Cemetery, Anglesey, United Kingdom Sec. 3, No. 315
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 401343
2 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401343, No. 456 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Oct 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401343, No. 456 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Grahame Albert Cregeen WOOD was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 10th August, 1921

His parents were Albert Anderson Cregeen WOOD & May Ellen WOOD who married on 9th January, 1912 in St Davids Cathedral in Hobart - his father was also known as Albert Anderson Pollexfen WOOD & was born in 1882 in Maughold in the Isle of Man. He died in Tasmania on 20th July, 1930 and is buried in Carr Villa Cemetery

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