Company Sergeant Major

George Woodhead

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of John Woodhead, of Middle Swamp Rd., Temuka, New Zealand. Also served in Gallipoli and Egypt.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
6/575
Name:
George Woodhead
Rank: 
Company Sergeant Major
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
M.J. Woodhead, Temuka, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of J. Brown, Temuka, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 2 Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
09 December 1917
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 4
HMNZT 11
Vessel:
Tahiti or Athenic
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XXVII. D. 8.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
George Woodhead
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