WOODS, James Park
Private, 48th Btn Australian Imperial Force.
London Gazetted on 26th December 1918
VC Medal's Custodian is the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Austrailia.
Born 2nd January 1891at Gawler, South Australia.
Died on 18th January 1963 at Claremont, Western Australia.
Memorial on a plaque at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth and on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
Digest of Citation reads:
On 18th September 1918, near Le Vergguier, north west of St Quintin, France, Private Woods, with a weak patrol, attacked and captured a formidable enemy post, which, with two comrades, he held against heavy counter-attacks. Jumping on to the parapet he fired, and kept firing, inflicting severe casualties and holding up the enemy until help arrived.

picture courtesy of Gavin Fitzpatrick