Percy Wood

Forenames

Percy AWMM

Surname

Wood AWMM

Also known as

Percy Wood AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/897 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

12th May 1890

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 June 2023 - Military Record

Place of birth

New Plymouth

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 June 2023 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Reuben Alphonso & Sophia WOOD of Barrett Road, New Plymouth

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Coronation Hotel, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Alick Wood, Omata, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/897 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben A. Wood, of Barrett Rd., New Plymouth.

Next of Kin: Mr R. A. Wood, Barretts Rd, New Plymouth (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• 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/R22024924
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680542/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680542
  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: 797
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.