HUNTLY WOOD, George
(Service number 3/2053)
| First Rank | Captain | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Medical practitioner | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. Wood (wife), Saint Andrews, near Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| 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 |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Medical Corps, Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
Military Awards
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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
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Death
| Date | 11 August 1916 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Egypt | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt | ||
| 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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