GOODALL, John
| Service Number: | 2817 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Balby, South Yorkshire, England, February 1874 |
| Home Town: | Greta, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2817, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2817, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2817, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2817, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD, medically discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 78 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 72nd name inscribed is Private John Goodall, referred to as Jack.
I do not know when Jack died, or where buried or ashes interred, or if he ever married, so any information would be greatly appreciated.
Private Jack Goodall, 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-2817), single miner from Greta, New South Wales, born at Balby, South Yorkshire, England about 1874 to John Henry Snr, died 21.10.1924, Cessnock, N.S.W., age 75, buried at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Left Hand Side, Section 29, Plot 038, from Minmi, New South Wales and Catherine Street, O'Brien's Estate, Cessnock, N.S.W., and Ann Goodall, died 19.4.1915, Minmi, N.S.W., age 63, mother of 2 sons, sleeping at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Left Hand Side, Section 29, Plot 038, from Minmi, New South Wales.
Jack enlisted on the 28th February 1916, stated age 42 years, at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 9th November 1916.
Disembarked Devonport, England 9.1.1917.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Folkestone, England 3.5.1917.
Admitted to hospital 23.6.1917 (asthma).
Commenced return to Australia 5.11.1917.
Jack arrived home on the 3rd January 1918 suffering debility & senility, being discharged on the 16th February 1918.
Not officially commemorated.
Jack’s name has also been inscribed on the Greta Soldiers' Obelisk, Greta & Branxton Municipal Roll of Honor, and the Cessnock War Memorial.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.