Thomas George WOODS

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Service Number:	691
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, England, 1888
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 30 May 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Plot L, Grave 142, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Catherine Hill Bay Great War Honour Roll of Soldiers, Swansea Catherine Hill Bay Cornstalk Lodge No 226 G.U.O.F.G Roll of Honour

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 691, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 691, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Address of next of kin was Landcross, Sussex, England

28 May 1915 - Wounded in action at Gallipoli, Bullet wound to the neck and chest

19 November 1915 - Letter saying that soldiers blood relatives could not be located

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

12 July 1920 - Personel affects of the soldiers were sent to Public Trustee, Sydney, NSE

27 August 1920 - Public wrote to Base Records stating that they had not been able to locate soldiers blood relatives

14 February 1923 - Public Trustees received a letter from Base Records searching for blood relatives