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WOOD, Harold Donald
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | QX40825, Q15949 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Feb 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX40825, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harold Vicker WOOD and Mary Jane nee WATSON, Astonville, Pompona, Qld.