WOOD E.T.

Given Names:  Eric Thurgerland

Service Number:  6252

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 4, HQ                                                                                   

Rank:  Corporal                                                                                                              

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Age:  19 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Engineer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¼ In                  

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  32-34½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Sallow

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  14/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Lizzie Wood

25 Burke Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Trasos Montes                                 

Embarked:  8/4/1919                                 

Disembarked:  22/5/1919

Unit:  2nd Division Signal Company                                                                                                

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  15/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  16255

British War Medal:  27664

Victory Medal:  27529

Other:    DCM

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Carlton, Victoria                           

Father:  George William WOOD               

Mother:  Lizzie Harriet May SLEEMAN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:             

Spouse: Pearl PEARSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 3/8/1960                            

Place: Warrandyte, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Distinguished Conduct Medal gazetted 1/1/1917 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty laying and repairing telephone wires under heavy fire

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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