Norman Cecil WOOD

Regimental number10/3131
Date of birth29 July 1894
Place of birthKaiapoi
ReligionChurch of England
Addressc/o C Berkahn, Dannevirke
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 5"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinFoster Father, J Jones, Beswick Street, Kaiapoi
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 June 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Members of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board three ships ('Aparima', 'Navua', and 'Warrimoo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 5 April 1917
Discharge date10 July 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.

Joined Wellington Infantry Bn, Ismailia, 9 January 1916.

Admitted to hospital, 1 March 1916; rejoined Bn, 14 March 1916 (no further details recorded).

Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Admitted to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 2 August 1916 (mumps); discharged to Details, 21 August 1916; rejoined1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, in the field, 23 August 1916.

Wounded in action, 16 September 1916 (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance,; transferred to No 5 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, 17 September 1916 (simply gun shot wound, scalp); transferred to England, 23 September 1916, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 25 September 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 2 November 1916; to Convalescent Depot, Codford, 27 November 1916; to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 21 December 1916.

Classified 'unfit' and placed on NZ Roll, 28 March 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMNZT 'Athenic', 5 April 1917; discharged, 10 July 1917.

Total war service: 2 years 26 days (of which 1 year 247 days was abroad)

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

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