Peter Reginald Woods

Forenames

Peter Reginald AWMM

Surname

Woods AWMM

Service number

22759 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

16 Jul 1918 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 25 Sep 1940 AWMM 65 Clonburn Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Dora C. Woods (mother), 65 Clonburn Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 19 Dec 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• Regular Military Service AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

North Africa AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

22759 AWMM

Military service

• N.Z.R.F. AWMM
• NZRF (Special Reserve) AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Military training

N.Z.R.F. and Papakura. Three months continuous military training at the Military School of Instruction, Narrow Neck in 1938. AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 25 Sep 1940 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM
Teamster/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements, Fourth Reinforcement AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Military Hospital, Caserta, Italy AWMM
  13 Dec 1941 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Military Hospital, Caserta, Italy AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
  Admitted to 3 N.Z.G.H. 9 June 1941 AWMM
• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of septicaemia whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
• 1 Nov 1942 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  At a military hospital of Septicaemia, following fracture of right leg. AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Reginald Delmage Pell Woods and of Dora Christina Woods (nee Madden), of Remuera, Auckland

Second degree burns face, neck and thumb (left). Burnt when primus stove exploded at Maadi Camp 2200 hours, not due his negligence or misconduct. No one else to blame. No Court of Inquiry held

Fractured right leg, whilst a POW and developed septicaemia.

Nominal Roll lists occupation as soldier, rank as C.S.M and address as Narrowneck Camp, Auckland AWMM

Death

11 Jan 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Caserta War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, C, 2. AWMM

Memorial name

• St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM
• St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2067742
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 525
• Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.