WOOD, Carl Clarence
| Service Number: | 49 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Capenter |
| Died: | 28 March 1975, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 49, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Sep 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 49, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 49, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 49, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Carl Clarence Wood was a courageous soldier who fought in World War one (WW1). He was Born in July 1894 in Richmond, New South Wales. He lived to the age of 81. He grew up in New South Wales but eventually moved to South Australia. Before the war, he was a carpenter. He grew up to believe in the Church of England. Clarence was a single man before the war.
Carl Clarence Wood enlisted for the war on the 24th of August 1914. He was 20 years old and 1 month at the time and he was a single man. He enlisted in Morphettville in South Australia and he took his medical examination on the 20th of August in Broken Hill. He was a small man, only 4ft and 4inch, weighing 132lb(59.8kg). he had brown complexion with dark hair and brown eyes. He was appointed to the 3rd Field Company as an engineering sapper.
Wood embarked to Gallipoli on the 22nd of October in 1914 in the 3rd Field Company Engineers Battalion. This Battalion would focus on structural reinforcements to keep the soldiers safer when engaging with the enemy. Wood was often in dangerous situations such as having to lay out barbed wire in the middle of the two countries (no man’s land) and digging trenches in the early stages of war. A few days before Wood was wounded in action, his Battalion was building trenches. On the 3rd of July 1915, Wood was shot in the left buttock in Gallipoli. He was admitted to Mustapha Hospital and later got transferred to Abassia in Egypt whilst he was in Egypt, he was diagnosed with Venereal disease. However, Wood recovered very quickly and embarked for duty on the 21st of July and later reported for duty on the 27th of July. A month later, Wood was Admitted to a hospital Mudros for diarrhoea. He was kept there for over a month but later got transferred to London for further treatment. He was transferred on a ship called “Aquitania.” He was then admitted to a military hospital in Fulham. After being in care for a while, he returned back to war. He then was at war for over a year uninterrupted. On the 18th of November 1916, he was absent without leave. He therefore had to forfeit his pay for 2 days.
After many years serving for the military, Carl Clarence Wood was discharged on the 19th of June, 1919 for being medically unfit. After he was discharged, Carl Clarence Wood was 24 years and 11 months old and he had grown to 5ft and 7inch. He had served for 4 years and 303 days. This is an extremely long time to have served the Australian Imperial Force.
After the war Wood married Betty Smith in 1927. After the war, Carl Clarence Wood lived on 8 Hayne street, Woodend, Ipswich, Queensland.
On the 28th of March, 1975, Carl Clarence Wood sadly past away of unknown reasons. He was a veteran of war and no amount of appreciation makes up for the sacrifice and risk he made to fight for his country. His grave is located in Queensland alongside his wife. Our nation will never forget Carl Clarence Wood and the millions of other soldiers that fought alongside him.