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Archibald HOOD

Regimental number840
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
SchoolNorth Kelvinside High Grade School
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Hood, 26 Agnes Street, Merry Hill, Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name1st Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death13 August 1915
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot III, row B, grave No. 48), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
29
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Clara HOOD, 26 Agnes Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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