Private George Wood
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1886-09-23
Place of birth: Megantic Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Mary Wood; wife; 417 13th Ave. E., Calgary, Alberta
Marital status: married
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-09-17
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Puchevillers British Cemetery, IV. F. 5.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 101757
Highest Rank:
Private
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded in the advance from Pozieres to Courcelette during the Somme offensive and subsequently died of these.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 512428
LAC ID:
326112
Service file: B10530-S039
Uploader's Notes:
466832 - 63rd Battalion July 20, 1915 Calgary, Alberta - transferred to 66th Battalion
101757 -66th Battalion
Son of John and Mary Wood; husband of Mary Christie J. Wood, of Brownville Junction, Maine, U.S.A. Native of Canada.
This man was reported as missing in the war diary on the day he was wounded and subsequently died of his wounds
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the war diary and attestation papers. This man is also on the CWGC site. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 63rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 66th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion B ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-09-05