GOODWIN, Ernest Leslie
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 16 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingsland, Herefordshire, England, 16 February 1885 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Designer |
| Died: | Bronchitis, Lucknow Isolation Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, 10 March 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire INSCRIPTION - THE LORD GAVE & THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 16 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1885 Goodwin Ernest Leominster 6a 564.
He was 32 and the son of Mrs. S. E. Knill, of Upper House, Cholstrey, Leominster, Herefordshire, England.
He is commemorated as Ernest Lee Goodwin on the war memorial in the parish of KINGSLAND CROSS in Herefordshire.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 10th March…… Ernest Leslie Goodwin was born on 16th February, 1885 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England.
Mr Ernest Goodwin, Draper, aged 25, was a passenger on the Runic, which departed Liverpool, England on 12th February, 1910 & was bound for Australia. The Runic arrived in the port of Sydney, Australia on 26th March, 1910.
On 5th August, 1915 Ernest Leslie Goodwin enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 30 year old, single, Designer & Salesman for David Jones Ltd from “Marathon” 145 Queen St, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales.
Ernest Leslie Goodwin was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 16th September, 1915 & gazetted. On the application form for a Commission in the A.I.F., Ernest Leslie Goodwin stated he had 6 months Rifle Club experience.
Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Goodwin (rank as per Embarkation Roll) embarked from Sydney on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2nd November, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Brigade, 19th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements of A.I.F.
On 19th November, 1916 Second Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Goodwin was one of three officers to be recommended for Mentions in Despatches. On 10th December, 1916 Second Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Goodwin of 19th Battalion was one of three officers to be mentioned in Despatches – “These Officers have served as Q.M.’s of Training Battalions in Egypt and since arrival in England in June last. They have all done excellent work in a department which necessitates the greatest efficiency to prevent losses. They have successfully equipped over 10,000 reinforcements from this Group since June and done all work very efficiently. They are now detailed to remain with the Training Battalions for a further term and thus prevented from going overseas.”
On 24th February, 1917, 2nd Lieutenant Goodwin was mentioned for valuable services rendered in connection with the War.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
Second Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Goodwin was appointed to 5th Infantry Training Battalion, Staff, Camp 7, Rollestone, Wiltshire.
He was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital on 20th February, 1917 with Bronchitis & was transferred to the Isolation Hospital at Tidworth, Wiltshire on 25th February, 1917.
Second Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Goodwin died at 9.15 p.m. on 10th March, 1917 at Lucknow Isolation Hospital, Tidworth of Bronchitis.
He was buried at Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/d---g1.html
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