Percy WOOD

Regimental number10/897
Date of birth12 May 1890
Place of birthNew Plymouth
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBarman
AddressCoronation Hotel, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8.25"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinAlick Wood, Omata, New Plymouth
Previous military serviceOkato Rifle Club
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) (Panel No 24) Gallipoli, Turkey
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 12 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 27 April 1915 (injury to eye); admitted to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 1 May 1915.

Rejoined unit, Anzac, 14 July 1915.

Posted missing, 8 August 1915.

Finding of Board of Enquiry, Moascar, Ismailia, Egypt, 16 January 1916, 'now believed dead.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Age at death25
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22024924