Edward Henry WOOD

Regimental number12/3516
Date of birth24 May 1885
Place of birthWalthamstow, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBaker
AddressWoonton, Lower Symonds Street, Onehunga
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 9"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinFather, Henry Wood, 2 Helliers Road, Leyton, Essex, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), nr Ieper, Belgium,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs E.H. Wood, 23 Melbourne Road, Leyton, London, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 13 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 9 March 1916.

Ebarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 8 April 1916.

Attached to Light Trench Mortar Battery, Armentieres, 10 May 1916.

Wounded in action, 20 September 1916 (gun shot wound, back), and admitted to 13th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers, 21 September 1916; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, 23 September 1916; to Base Depot, Etaples, 10 October 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 3 December 1916.

Promoted Corporal, 28 June 1917.

Permanently attached to 2d NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 3 July 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Eighth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22024805