Alfred Edward WOODS

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Service Numbers:	WX27166, W55505
Enlisted:	18 February 1942, Claremont, WA [16-03-1942 FTD 55 A.A. R.A.E.]
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion
Born:	Suva, Fiji, 9 April 1913
Home Town:	Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Training Accident, Kapooka, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga War Cemetery Plot B. Row B. Grave 5., Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, WX27166
18 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX27166, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion
18 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , W55505, Claremont, WA [16-03-1942 FTD 55 A.A. R.A.E.]
20 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, WX27166
12 Nov 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 69 A.A. Mob S/L. Bty
16 Dec 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Acting
22 May 1944:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombadier, Confirmed
16 Apr 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombadier, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion
21 May 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX27166, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion

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