WOOD, Thomas William
| Service Number: | 6089 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1887 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | New Lambton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner (Waratah Colliery,New South Wales, Australia.) |
| Died: | New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia, 27 March 1953, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-B14. 14. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6089, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6089, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6089, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 12 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6089, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), 2nd MD, medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the Monday of the 30th March 1953, Sapper Thomas William Wood, 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-6089), miner (Waratah Colliery, N.S.W.), from "Canberra", Avondale Road, New Lambton, New South Wales and 155 Croudace Street, New Lambton Heights, N.S.W., father of three?, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. PRESBYTERIAN-B14. 14.
Born at New Lambton, New South Wales on the 29th September 1887 to Mark Snr, died 15.10.1928, New Lambton, N.S.W., age 79, buried at ANGLICAN 2-136. 31, and Elizabeth Wood nee Stokes, died 9.1.1939, New Lambton, N.S.W., age 83, mother of 9, sleeping at ANGLICAN 2-136. 33; husband of Christina Wood nee Young, married 1921, New Lambton, N.S.W., died?, Tom enlisted on the 29th May 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies-September 1916 to February 1918 at Carrington, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 25th October 1916.
Admitted to hospital 10.3.1917 (bronchitis), 16.4.1917 (mental debility).
Wounded in action - 11.10.1917 (GSW face), 7.12.1917 (gassed, mild).
Transferred to England 23.12.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 15.4.1918.
Tom arrived home on the 12th June 1918, not being discharged medically unfit until the 12th November 1918.
Mr. Wood’s name has been inscribed on the New Lambton War Memorial Gates, Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor, New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died 27/3/1953, should be 28/3/1953.
Officially commemorated 22.7.1953 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
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Lest We Forget.
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