WOODHEAD, Francis Barclay
(Service number 88204)
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Birth
| Date | 21 August 1891 | Place of Birth | Milford, Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 26 June 1917 | Age | 25 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | P. O. Ohape | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Agnes WOODHEAD (mother), Spring Bank Farm, Ohape, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 7 May 1966 | Age | 74 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Francis Barclay Woodhead was born on 21 August 1891 at Milford, Temuka, the youngest son of Joseph (Joe) and Agnes (née Cain) Woodhead. Joseph and Agnes married in 1973 and from then the family lived at Springbank Farm at Milford. His father died in 1893 and his mother carried on the farm until her death in 1927. Along with all his siblings, he was educated at Milford School near Temuka.
His name was drawn in the Eighth Ballot and he enlisted on 26 June 1917 at Timaru. A farmer and single, he named his mother as next-of-kin - Mrs Agnes Woodhead, Spring Bank Farm, Ohape, Temuka. He was a member of the South Canterbury quota of the Forty-sixth Reinforcements which left Timaru by the north express on 9 September 1918 after parading at the drill hall.
He died on 7 May 1966, of “Springbank”, aged 74 years, and was buried in the Temuka Cemetery. His brother, Joseph Stanley Coira Woodhead, also enlisted. Neither served overseas.
Sources
Waimate Daily Advertiser, 21 May 1918, Timaru Herald, 7 September 1918 (Papers Past) [08 October 2021; 03 February 2022]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 February 2022]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [01 February 2022]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [01 February 2022]
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