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GOOD, James McMillan
| Service Numbers: | 2969, 351 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 10 October 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2969, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 2969, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 2969, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned WiA (shrapnel) and captured by Germans at Fleurbaix, interned at Dulmen, Munster and Parchim PoW Camps | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 351, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 351, 32nd Infantry Battalion, embarked for Sydney per HT Port Denison – invalid | |
| 30 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 351, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private James McMillan Good (Service Nos:2969/351) enlisted in the AIF on 6 June 1915 with 13th Infantry Battalion. There is confusion in Private Good's Service Records (NAA) regarding events following his enlistment, and a Warrant was issued for him as a Deserter - later cancelled. In his Statement (NAA), Private Good describes how prior to embarkation 'I got leave to go to Sydney. I met a few friends and had a good many drinks. I got very muddled and did not pull myself together until after my Unit had embarked .... I had no intention of Deserting, and as soon as I pulled myself together, returned to Camp and reported myself. I want to get to the Front as soon as possible' (2 September 1915). On 11 January 1916 Private Good embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Borda with 32nd Infantry Battalion. He was WiA at Fleurbeaux in France and captured by the Germans. Private Good was interned at Dulmen, Munster and Parchim PoW Camps before repatriation to Ripon on 19 December 1918. Private Good embarked from England for Sydney on 25 March 1919 on board HT Port Denison and was Discharged on 30 June 1919.
Private Good (Service No:371) served in the Boer War with the Victorian Imperial Bushmen. He embarked for South Africa on board the Medic on 28 October 1899 and returned on 4 December 1900 on board the Harlech Castle.
Born in 1874 in Kyneton Victoria, James was the scond of thirteen children of William Good (b1844 in Kincardineshire, Scotland) and Elizabeth Miller (b1853 in Glasgow, Scotland). William (an Agricultural Labourer) immigrated in 1868, arriving in Melbourne on board the Great Britain, and Elizabeth (a Domestic Servant) immigrated in 1869, arriving in Hobson's Bay on board the Gresham. William and Elizabeth married in 1871 in Kyneton, Victoria where they settled and raised their family and William worked as an Estate Agent and Salesman.
James worked as a Farmer in Kyneton in the early 1900s, and was working as a Traveller in NSW in 1915 when he enlsited in the AIF. Following his Discharge in 1919, James returned to Kyneton as an Invalid. He settled there and, in the Electoral Rolls describes his Occupation as 'Returned Soldier'. In 1930 James married Ethel (Teff) May Thomson (b1883 in Kyneton, Victoria) - Ethel had worked as a Nurse at the hospital in Kyneton since the early 1900s. James and Ethel settled in Kyneton where James died in 1945 and Ethel in 1962.