WOOF, Richard
| Service Number: | 5112 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Preston, Lancashire, England, 14 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Yarragon, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | British State School, England |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 July 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery IX. D. 10., Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarragon War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 5112, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5112, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5112, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5112, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW Chest | |
| 6 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5112, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, KIA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Standen
A native of England, Richard emigrated to Australia as a thirteen year old with his uncle and aunt, James Nelson Woof and Mary Ward Woof. The trio arrived in Hobart on the 6th July 1911 before settling in the Gippsland region of Victoria at Yarragon.
Five years later, almost to the day, Richard embarked in Melbourne with the A.I.F., 22nd Infanrty Battalion, 13th reinforcements. Arriving in France in November 1916, he was wounded in action the following May with a gun shot wound to the chest. It would be five months before he rejoined his unit.
Richard Woof was killed in action on the 6th July 1918 - his 7th year anniversary of calling Australia home.