Arthur O'Hara Wood

Arthur Holroyd O'Hara Wood was an Australian tennis player and Royal Air Force pilot, born on 10 January 1890 and killed in the First World War on 6 October 1918. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, won the New South Wales Championships in 1913 and the Victorian Championships in 1914, and in 1914 won the Australasian Championships in Melbourne, beating his compatriot Gerald Patterson in four sets with a game built on pace and spin. His brother Pat O'Hara Wood also won the Australasian title. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915, served in France, and as a major commanded 46 Squadron, dying of injuries after a mid-air collision during a patrol over Saint-Quentin. He is buried at Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery.