Thomas WOOD

Regimental number10/3132
AddressEllerslie House, Queen Street, Hastings
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Wood, 10 New Road, Tranent, Scotland
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 unitHawke's Bay Company, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 16 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs. Janet S. Wood, 10 New Row, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland; Wife: the late Elizabeth Fieldes Wood
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Seventh

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