Selwyn Gorton WOODS

Regimental number12337
Place of birthAuckland
OccupationTeacher
Next of kinFather, James Johnson Woods, Edgehill, Picton Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
The 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, F Company, left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 52 'Mokoia' and HMNZT 53 'Navua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 5 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVI, Row BB, Grave No 1), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Johnson and Elizabeth Annie Woods, 7 Franklin Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 16