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Trooper James Woods

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: James Joseph Woods

Ancestor's date of birth: 31/07/1876

Ancestor's date of death: 22/09/1952

Cause of Death: Carcinoma of the right lung

Service Number: 1306

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): TPR, Date Effective: 12/01/1915

Murray Page: 122

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 15/03/1901

Memorial details: Buried at Charters Towers Cemetery Qld

Decorations: QSA with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Height: 182 cm, Weight: 72.6 kg (1915), blue eyes, brown hair, "ruddy" complexion.

Reasons to go and fight: Unsure

Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in west then east Transvaal.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 4 June 1902. Worked as a labourer. Served in WW1 as 369 TPR JJ Woods 11th Light Horse Regiment from 12 January 1915. Wounded (slightly - grenade (bomb) wound to the buttock) whilst on transfer to the 5 LH at Gallipoli 5 November 1915. Served in Palestine with 11 LH and on railway construction tasks. Returned to Australia 29 April 1919.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: John Hills, Moonie ponds VIC

Relationship to Ancestor: Great Nephew

 


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