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GOFF, Edmund
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 415 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Kentisbeare, Devon, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Mud Corner Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Grave II. B. 2. Personal Inscription: FAME & GLORY EASE NOT OUR ACHING HEARTS |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Innisfail Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 415, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 415, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 18 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 415, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 415 awm_unit: 13th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 27 and the son of John and Hannah Mary Goff of Willand, Cullompton, Devon, England.
Births Sep 1890 Goff Edmund Tiverton 5b 413
He is remembered on the Willand War Memorial at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Willand Old Village, Devonshire, Willand, EX15 2RJ.
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