Goodwin, Victor Lindsay

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Goodwin, Victor Lindsay Service Number 2907

Killed in Action 7th June 1917 Messines, Belgium

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And Vivienne Tranter

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NAME Goodwin, Victor Lindsay

SERVICE NO 2907

UNIT 45th Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 38 yrs 7 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Cooma, NSW

ADDRESS Rabbit Island, Hawkesbury River

OCCUPATION Cook & Motor Driver (Barman Cnr Buckingham & Devonshire St Surry Hills & a tram conductor).

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 8 Jul 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Royal Aust Show Ground.

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Parents deceased Brother;- George Goodwin, Stewart St. Bathurst. Brother;- Francis Dudley Goodwin, Middle Flat Cooma. Niece;- Aileen Mona Porter, Lane Cove House, Penrose St Longueville.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height-5’8”. Weight-167lbs. Chest 36-39”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-D Brown. Small scar over L/Heel

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Sydney 8 Nov 1916 per SS “Pt Nicholson”

DISEMBARKED Devonport 10 Jan 1917

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 14 Nov 1916-at sea-hosp- VD Missing in Action 7 Jun 1917

DIED 7 Jun 1917-Messines, Belgium Shot through throat by machine gun bullet./Shell wounds stomach

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-51856, Victory Medal-51188. Memorial Plaque -

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Sister;- Mrs J Igoe, 183 Bullwarra Rd. Pyrmont

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT Cousin;-Geo Eccleston no 2526 Goodwin had a heavy moustache, & was a very fine fellow, liked by everyone.

NEWSPAPER REPORTS

Sc Ancestry .com (Smith Family Tree) Photo, not for public view

NSW Births

Parents;- William Goodwin 1828-1909 & Emma nee Ward 1840-1915

Goodwin, Victor, 1879/11803 reg Cooma Ptns William & Emma

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 4787291

































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