WOOD  H.E.A.

Given Names:  Harold Edgar Allen

               

Service Number:  2245

Unit:  23rd Battalion, 4th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  20 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5¼ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  32-34½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Ruddy

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edgar Wood

56 Mary Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  27/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Zealandia                                        

Embarked:  3/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  23/8/1919

Unit:  2nd Machine Gun Battalion                                                                                                   

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  24/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  21350

British War Medal:  21899

Victory Medal:  21767

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Edgar WOOD                             

Mother:  Annie TIMMS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:  Wardlesworth, Lancaster, England 

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 27/6/1938                          

Place: Northcote, Victoria                        

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

RTA with wife

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary