WOOD, Geoffrey
| Service Number: | 2903 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1915, Queens Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Parramatta, NSW, October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kogarah Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Clerk - Sydney Morning Herald |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 18 February 1972, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2903, 5th Field Ambulance, Queens Park, NSW | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 2903, 5th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 2903, 5th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Geoffrey was the only son of the late Mr. Reginald Wood and his wife Agnes, of Montgomery Street, Kogarah, NSW. He was born at Parramatta in October 1895 and was educated at the Kogarah Superior Public School. He joined the reading staff of the Sydney Morning Herald at the end of 1909.
He enlisted on March 28, 1915 in the 5th Field Ambluance, and first aw service in Gallipoli, where he remained until the evacuation. He was in the famous fight at Hill 6 (Suvla Bay). He was sent to France in March, 1916, and was in the fighting at Armentieres, Fleurbaix, Bois Grenier, Messines, Poziers, Ypres and Le Sais. In the action at Le Sais he was badly wounded in the right arm with amputation being necessary. After a period in hospital at Southall (London) and Plymouth, he returned to Australia resuming duties at the Sydney Morning Herald in November 1917.
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