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HUNTLY WOOD, George
(Service number 3/2053)

Aliases
First Rank Captain Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Medical practitioner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married
Next of Kin Mrs A. Wood (wife), Saint Andrews, near Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 11th Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps
Date 1 April 1916
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From Wellington, NZ Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Medical Corps, Mounted Field Ambulance

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)

Award Circumstances and Date

London Gazette, 1 December 1916, p11808: Mentioned in despatches from General Sir Alexander Murray, K.C.B; Commander-in-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 11 August 1916 Age
Place of Death Egypt
Cause Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference F 129
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial; St Andrews War memorial (as Dr Huntly Wood)

Biographical Notes

Prior to World War One, Wood was the doctor in the village of St Andrews.

"CAPT. GEORGE HUNTLY WOOD. A cable message was received yesterday stating that Captain' G. Huntly Wood died of his wounds at the Military Hospital, Suez, on Friday last. The Hon. Jas. Allen, Minister of Defence, has telegraphed to Mrs Huntly Wood, expressing his deepest sympathy with her in her great bereavement. The news cast quite a gloom over the St Andrews district where Captain Huntly Wood practised his profession for upwards of five years. “The Doctor,” as he was familiarly called, had established himself in the affection and confidence of the community by his geniality and professional skill, and he will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends. Much sympathy will be felt for his bereaved wife and tweo small children."

As the article mentioned, Georg's death left his wife, Alice, with two young children: Elizabeth (b.1914) and Ian (b.1915).

George's son, Ian, served in World War Two. Serving as a Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force (service number 62322), he was killed on operations on 3 Septmenber 1943, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), along with the War Medal 1939-1945, and the New Zealand War Service Medal.

Sources

Cenotaph (26 August 2013); SCRoll web submission from B Sommerfeld, 26 February 2015 & 24 February 2019

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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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