Caleb Richard Wood

Forenames

Caleb Richard AWMM

Surname

Wood AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1238 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

15 Sept 1882 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 60 Randolph Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Richard Wood (father), 23 Prestage Buildings, Poplar, London, England AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Dec 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1238 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Ruapehu 18 December 1915 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Sapper AWMM Reinforcements, No. 3 Relief AWMM New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of disease AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 4" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  149 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Death

14 Nov 1916 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. A. 225. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22024772
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/202315/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/202315
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 796
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.