Harold Donald (Curlew) WOOD

WOOD, Harold Donald

Service Numbers: QX40825, Q15949
Enlisted: 28 February 1939, Pomona, Queensland
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 9 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Nambour, Queensland, 19 May 1917
Home Town: Pomona, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Pomona State Rural School and Brisbane Boys Grammar School.
Occupation: Tax Agent
Died: Natural causes (myocardial infarction), Cooroy, Queensland, 10 September 1972, aged 55 years
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Columbarium 11, Section 3.
Memorials: Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld
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World War 2 Service

28 Feb 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX40825, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF
28 Feb 1939: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q15949, Pomona, Queensland
1 Mar 1939: Involvement Q15949, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, also QX40825
10 Jul 1942: Transferred Lieutenant, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
14 Jul 1942: Embarked Lieutenant, QX40825, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Active service in New Guinea from 12th July, 1942 to 29th May, 1943.
3 Aug 1944: Discharged Lieutenant, QX40825, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
3 Aug 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX40825, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Harold Vicker WOOD and Mary Jane nee WATSON, Astonville, Pompona, Qld.