Alfred WOOD

Regimental number9/487
AddressRoyal Oak Boardinghouse, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinDonovan, Royal Oak Boardinghouse, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1914
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No 47), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles S. and Helena Wood, 31 Walburgh Street, St. George-in-the-East, London, England
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body