William Henry O'Malley Wood

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William Henry O’Malley Wood (15 June 1856 – 5 August 1941) was an Australian banker, public servant and surveyor. Wood was born in Grenfell, New South Wales and died in Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=Frank |last= Cain |year= |id2= wood-william-henry-omalley-13255 |title= Wood, William Henry O’Malley (1856–1941) |accessdate=18 February 2012 }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131303418 |title=W. H. O'Malley Wood Dies in Sydney |newspaper=The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 August 1941 |accessdate=3 January 2023 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} Wood served two terms as the President of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales (1920–1928; 1931–1933) and was the first President of the Rural Bank of New South Wales (1933–1934).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15890613 |title=STATE SAVINGS BANK. NEW PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONER. STORY OF PROGRESS.|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 May 1920 |accessdate=3 January 2023 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222080580 |title=APPOINTMENTS. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=93 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 May 1920 |accessdate=3 January 2023 |page=2819 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230550376 |title=New President Takes Over |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 April 1934 |accessdate=17 December 2022 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223058473 |title=APPOINTMENTS. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=56 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 March 1934 |accessdate=17 December 2022 |page=1362 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223079725 |title=APPOINTMENTS. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=155 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 September 1933 |accessdate=17 December 2022 |page=3496 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223541356 |title=APPOINTMENTS. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=216 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 December 1933 |accessdate=17 December 2022 |page=4507 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223059162 |title=RESIGNATIONS. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=75 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 April 1934 |accessdate=17 December 2022 |page=1652 |via=National Library of Australia}} For his public service, Wood was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246473924 |title=MEN AND WOMEN ON STATE LIST |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 May 1935 |accessdate=18 December 2022 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}