John H Wood (1888 - 1917)

Born 1888 in Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Elfreda Ethel (Chant) Wood — married 1911 (to 13 Oct 1917) in Wickham, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1917 at about age 29 in Paschendalle, Belgium

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Biography

John Wood is an Anzac who served in World War One.

John Wood was killed in action in Belgium during The Great War.

John Wood served in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I
Service started: 7 April 1916
Unit(s): 34th Infantry Battalion
Service ended: 13 Oct 1917 (KIA)

This profile is part of the Wood Name Study.

John Wood was born about 1888. Son of Ausgustus Steward Wood and Mary ,,,, ^[1]

John Woods married Elfreda E Chant in 1911 in Wickham, New South Wales.^[2]

John Woods, Church of England, married miner aged 27 from Fleming Street, Smedmore, Newcastle, New South Wales enlisted as a Private with the 34th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement on 7 April 1916, Regimental number 2180. He embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916. Next of kin, wife, Mrs Alfreda Woods, Fleming Street, Smedmore, Newcastle, New South Wales.

He was Killed in Action on 13 October 1917, no known grave.

Commemorated at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. ^[3]

Death Notice - Wed 21 November 1917 ^[4]

WOOD. - In loving memory of our brother-in-law, Private Jack Wood, who was killed in action on October 13, 1917; aged 26 years.--He gave his life for his country.-Inserted by his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Harold and Mary Chant, Kurri Kurri.

Sources

1. ↑ Australia, Birth Index, Registration Number 32013/1888
2. ↑ Australia, Marriage Index, Registration Number 7580/1911
3. ↑ Find A Grave
4. ↑ Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW)

• AIF Project
• Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, for sons Jack Woods and Augustus Stewart Alexander Woods

• John Woods as part of the Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree Project