Clarence William Woods was born 29 May 1915 in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia to Thomas William Woods (1882-1975) and Hannah Elizabeth Kingelty (1885-1936) and died 31 August 1943 England, United Kingdom of flying accident.
Obituary
The Department of Air has advised Mr. T. W. Woods. The Channon, that his son, Pilot Officer Clarence William Woods, D.F.M., who was killed in a flying accident near Shippey Hill, Cambridge, England, on August 31 1943, was buried with full service honour's at Cambridge Borough cemetery, Cambridge, on September 6. At the time of the accident P./O. Woods was flying a Stirling aircraft.
Twenty-seven years of age, the late P./O. Woods was born in Lismore and completed his education at the Lismore High School. At the time of his enlistment he was engaged farming on his father's property at The Channon. In addition to his father, two brothers—Pte. Alan Woods (A.I.F., 9th Div.) and Noel (The Channon)—and three sisters, Mesdames J. M. Kelly (Moree), R. J. Martin (Brisbane), and F. T. Thorburn (The Channon), survive.
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Alice Mary Woods (1906-1977) | |||
Eileen Annie Woods (1907-1907) | |||
Oswald William Woods (1909-1915) | |||
Ruby Martha Annie Woods (1910-1986) | 1 July 1910 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia | 22 May 1986 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | Jack Neil Kelly (1906-1988) |
Clarence William Woods (1915-1943) | 29 May 1915 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia | 31 August 1943 England, United Kingdom | |
Albert Oliver Woods (1917-1918) | |||
Allan Joseph Woods (1919-2006) | |||
Hazel Sarah Woods (1923) | |||
Noel Gordon Woods (1927) |
Residences
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