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WOODS, AUGUSTUS OLIVER

Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Augustus Oliver Woods, MC, C Company, 26th Battalion, of Oatlands, Tas. An ironmonger prior to enlistment, he embarked from Brisbane, Qld, on board HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 29 June 1916. In August 1915 he was promoted to the rank Lieutenant and then in August 1916 to the rank of Captain. Woods was awarded the Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the night of 1/2 March 1917 he rallied his men under heavy fire, and led them forward into the enemy's trench. He was wounded. He has at all times set a fine example of courage and determination.' He was then promoted to the rank Major (Maj) in late July 1918. A few months later Major Woods was killed in action on 2 September 1918.

Death has struck down another of our noble men in the person of Major A O Woods who enlisted as a lieutenant shortly after the war began. The late Major Woods hailed from Hobart but spent several years in this district (Scottsdale) where he worked as an ironmonger in the firm of Simpson Bros. The deceased was a fine upstanding man both in body and Christian character.  He took great pains in the training of boy scouts here.  The Major was several times wounded and on two occasions, strange to say, was picked up from the field of battle and carried into a dressing station by the late Corporal N Hookway son of our present warden.  Major Woods was the only son of Mr Woods of Hobart the remainder of the family consisting of nine daughters.  The deceased soldier leaves a widow who resided during her husband’s absence in Queensland but there is no family as the major’s only child died in infancy.  Last Sunday night a memorial service was held in the Methodist Church here.  The deceased was an active member of that church. The Reverend David Lewis conducted the service.

The Weekly Courier 10^th October 1918

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