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Caleb Richard Wood

1882-1916

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1238

About

Born in England

15 September 1882
Parent

Father

Richard Wood
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Lithographer

Employer

Taupiri Coal Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 1st London Royal Engineers

    4 years in the United Kingdom

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 34

    14 November 1916

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 103/0124785, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 8.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Caleb Richard Wood (1882-1916)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/925

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