Alan Carruthers WOOD

Regimental number4/178A
Place of birthNew South Wales, Australia
OccupationStudent
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Wood, Esperange, Harrow Road, Bexley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 37th Reinforcements, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 103 Maunganui on 9 May 1918
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLeQuesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 8), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Helen Wood, 55 Harrow Road, Bexley, Sydney, Australia, and the late Charles Wood; Wife: Mrs J.B. Wood, 31 Eversley Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex., England. Also served at Gallipoli with No 1 Coy. New Zealand Engineers.
Other details

ex British section NZEF

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 82, p. 4