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William Sealy Wood

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Full length portrait of Captain William Sealy Wood (133098). Kindly provided by David Wood (November 2016). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Full length portrait of Captain William Sealy Wood (133098). Kindly provided by David Wood (November …

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Dr AWMM
  • Forenames
    William Sealy AWMM
  • Surname
    Wood AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sealy AWMM
  • Service number
    133098 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Knox College, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Knox College, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs A. Wood (mother), McHardy Street, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs A. Wood (mother), McHardy Street, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 28 September 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    133098 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William and Agnes Wood

    Husband of Doreen

    Captain of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force hockey team which toured India and Ceylon in 1946 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 December 2012 AWMM
    Age 95 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 December 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    McKinney, J. (1952). Medical units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital edition NZETC.
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2MMed.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 212 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 108 AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      Taylor, A. (1998). p.1167 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 December 2012 AWMM

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