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Personal data

• Name WOODS
• Initials SG
• First name SELWYN GORTON
• Place of birth Auckland
• Country New Zealand
• Last residence Te Awamutu
• Family Son of James Johnson Woods and Elizabeth Annie Woods, of 7, Franklin Rd., Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Trentham, 7 September 1915
• Service number 12337
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation: 6 May 1916, Wellington, New Zealand

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in right leg (fractured), right buttock, back and left arm at n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 5 December 1917
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - BB - 1

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