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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Woods, George Richard Robert Service Number 6613
Killed in Action 1st May 1918 France
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
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NAME Woods, George Richard Robert
SERVICE NO 6613
UNIT 13th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 18 yrs 5 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Sackville, NSW
ADDRESS Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury River
OCCUPATION Farmer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 24 Jun 1916
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Royal Australian Showground Sydney
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Father;- John Robert Woods, Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury River/State Peni-tentiary
Mother;- Lillian Jane Woods, c/ Mrs F Lobb “Truro” Tulip St., Chatswood/George St., Windsor/Church St., Windsor. Brother;- Isaac James Woods, Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury River/(died 13 May 1919 @ Clarendon nr Windsor, buried 15
th @ Sackville Reach)/
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’6½”. Weight-147lbs. Chest-33-35¼”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Blue-Grey. Hair-D Brown. Scar on back of R/Calf
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED 7 Oct 1916 Sydney per “Ceramic”
DISEMBARKED 21 Nov 1916 Plymouth
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 10 Feb 1917- Pleurisy- Hospital Sutton Veny/ 5 Aug 1917- GSW R/Elbow/
DIED 1 May 1918-France
BURIED Re-buried Crucifix Corner Cemetery Plot 7 Row D Gve 13. 1 mile SSW of Villers Bretonneux.
MEDALS British War Medal-49920, Victory Medal-49393. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-344778
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 wallets, cards, photos, letters, piece of ribbon, YMCA deposit card, disc./
WILL Beneficiary;- Brother;- Isaac James Woods
CORRESPONDENCE W Walker & Son. Solicitors George St. Windsor/ Mother;- Lilly Woods/ Father;- John R Woods-consent to enlist./
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