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CROW , Alfred William Filby Goddard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 277 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1952, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gladstone Cemetery, Qld Position 69,Row 10, Section B Inscription: BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELSIE, LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 277, Gladstone, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 277, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 277, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood, 'Showed great gallantry and devotion to duty while in action near ZONNEBEKE on 26th September, 1917. He was in charge of the Company Ration Party and his work was of the highest standard. On several occasions at great personal danger he got rations and ammunition up to the Front Line through heavy enemy artillery fire although wounded in the head early in the attack he remained on duty the whole time the Battalion was in the line.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 | |
| 31 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant |
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Never ever to be forgotten. Your name lives on in my son Hector Goddard West. He's five. My father loved you, his uncle Goddy.
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