Arthur Thomas WOOD

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Service Number:	22426
Enlisted:	8 August 1938
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Berry, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1921
Home Town:	East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berry War Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

8 Aug 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 22426, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, 22426, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

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Family -

Father - Arthur ardill WOOD (1891 - 1961)

Mother - Ruby Muriel NEWING (1896 - 1945)

Wife - married Victoria Adeline MATSON on 10 Nov 1941 at St John's Church of England, Fremantle, W.A.