Charles Wood

Forenames

Charles AWMM

Surname

Wood AWMM

Also known as

Charles Wood AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/581 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

18 Apr 1881 Kiwi Jocks Research
Dall's Lane, Montrose St, Breechin, Forfars AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

B.J. Wood, Montrose Street, Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/581 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of cholera AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr J. Wood, Swartz Bay, British Columbia (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

19 Aug 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM N. 42. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22024778
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/110816/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/110816
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 796
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.