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Personal data

• Name WOODS
• Initials WC
• First name WILLIAM CHARLES
• Place of birth Balmain, Sydney
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Euroka
• Family Son of William John and Rose Woods; one younger brother, Henry Joseph.
• Education High School
• Profession Farmer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 30 December 1916, Euroka, New South Wales
• Service number 6657
• Rank Private
• Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 18th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 5th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked for England February 1917; sent to France September 1917

Death

• Wounded 5 October, near Broodseinde
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds left arm and fractured back
• Date of death 6 October 1917
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - G - 15A

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