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WOOD, Shaw
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 56 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1915, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers,Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boot Maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | "The Monument" Cloncurry, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Methodist Circuit Great War Roll of Honour, Cloncurry & District Honour Board, Cloncurry War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56, 20th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool New South Wales | |
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| 26 Jun 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 56, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Jun 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 56, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 11 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion |
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