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Lindsay Gordon HOOD

Regimental number2490
Place of birthAnnandale Station, Birdsville, Queensland
SchoolState Schools
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressPolkemmet, Horsham, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Hood, Polkemmet, Horsham, Victoria
Enlistment date25 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWas wounded three times.
FateKilled in Action 26 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death28
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Margaret HOOD, Annandale Station, Queensland
Family/military connectionsHe had two brothers in the AIF. One got the MM.

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