WOODS, Cecil Talbot
| Service Numbers: | 151, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 21 February 1875 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 151, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment |
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Son of Flora Ann and the late William Frederic WOODS
Husband of Laura M TAYLOR fmly WOODS
CAPTAIN C. T. WOODS.
Captain Cecil Talbot Woods (killed in action on August 2) was connected with the military forces of Victoria for some time as lieutenant. On enlisting he was attached to the 8th Light Horse Brigade and proceeded to Egypt with his regiment. While in Heliopolis he was promoted to his captaincy. Captain Woods was wounded at the Boer War, and was offered a commission in one of the English regiments, tho Worcesters, where he continued to serve until the cessation of hostilities in South Africa. He was one of eight sons, five of whom have enlisted. His oldest brother, Mr. W. H. Woods, was killed in action on May 21.
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