 He was brother to Jack Newbury Wood (8 November 1907 - 1989), Dean Charlton Wood (8 July 1910 - 27 February 1998) and Noel Herbert Wood (1 February 1912 - 10 November 2001).Noel Wood was also an artist.Their grandfather Thomas Percy Wood (14 April 1855 - 12 November 1937) was an Anglican Minister in South Australia and an accomplished watercolourist.