"Bert" John Albert WOODS
Born 8 January 1893 in Victoria Plains, Western Australia [P137]
Son of Samuel WOODS and Mary Ann BYRNE [P137]
He and his cousin Joseph H. BYRNE were baptised at Saint Luke's Anglican Church in Gingin on 10 February 1893 [P137]
Resided with his parents and siblings on Fairveiw Farm in Wannamal 1898-1903 [114: pages 30, 62, 78, 79]
He was one of 18 children in Wannamal when his uncle Edmund K. BYRNE requested a local school be established in 1900 [114]
Resided with his parents on Orchid Hill Farm in Wannamal 1907 onwards[114: pages 78, 79]
Member of the Wannamal Cricket Club in 1907-08 [114: page 145]
In 1911 he was contracted to erect flywire on the doors and windows of the quarters of the Wannamal State School [114: page 137]
He was among those who attended the Official Opening of the Wannamal Hall in Wannamal on 27 September 1912 [114: page 286]
Contributed to the send off for his uncle and aunt E. K. & Isabella BYRNE at the Wannamal Hall on 18 February 1914 [114: page 160]
Labourer [30] in the Three Springs district prior to enlisting in the Armed Forces during the First World War [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 23 September 1914 [30: item 1918237]
On enlistment he was recorded as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 136 lbs., with brown eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
He was appointed to the E Company of the 16th Battalion at the Blackboy Hill military camp on 13 October 1914 [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914 [30]
Private 456 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion during the First World War [30]
Killed in Action on 25 April 1915 at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey [18] [30]
Memorialised on the Lone Pine Memorial at the Lone Pine Cemetery in Turkey [17]
His parents received his personal effects, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Scroll and Memorial Plaque [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled in Three Springs on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Also appears on the Roll of Honour within the Holy Trinity Church in Chittering and on the Shire of Chittering's Roll of Honour [181]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Albert Woods' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-albert-woods [reference list] |
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