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WOOD, Frederick

Service Numbers:	3397, 3387
Enlisted:	16 April 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dudley, Stafordshire, England, 21 January 1884
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Educated in the U.K.
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 30 January 1924, aged 40 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Anglican section 7 Row 33 grave 1902
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World War 1 Service

16 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3397
16 Jul 1917:	Involvement Private, 3397, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917:	Embarked Private, 3397, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
16 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3397, Disembark at Liverpool, England.
9 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3387, Proceeded overseas to France via South Hampton, England.
22 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3397, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength.
23 Mar 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3397, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked for return to Australia as per HT ‘Czar’.
25 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3397, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharge at the 2nd Military District.

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Biography contributed by Hamish Robson

Australian Rugby Union Representative 1907-1914.

Wallaby #85 12 Caps.