WOOD, Alan Carruthers
| Service Number: | 4/178A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | New South Wales, Australia. , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | France, 4 November 1918, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Buried in the extension. Grave I. A. 8. |
| Memorials: | Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement 4/178A |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He served with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Also served at Gallipoli with No. 1 Coy. New Zealand Engineers.
He was 28 and the son of Helen Wood, of 55, Harrow Rd., Bexley, Sydney, Australia, and the late Charles Wood; husband of Mrs. J. B. Wood, of 31, Eversley Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Born in New South Wales, Australia.
He is remembered on the Bexhill-on Sea War Memorial [where he is shown as Lieutenant] which stands on the sea front. Also honoured there is Trooper Stuart Roy Luxmoore Hockin of the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment who died in 1915 and Gunner Harold Ralph
Shepherd MM of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Field Artillery who died of wounds 17th August 1917. Age 29.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Second Lieutenant Wood married Irene B. Gray at Battle in Sussex just a few months before he was killed.
Marriages Sep 1918 Gray Irene B Wood Battle 2b 125
Wood Alan C Gray Battle 2b 125