GOODLAD, James
| Service Number: | W88006 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Hamnavre, Scotland, 17 August 1902 |
| Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fisheries Inspector |
| Died: | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 1984, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W88006 | |
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| 5 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W88006, 6th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
James was the seventh of nine children of Robert Goodlad (b1868 at Meal, Burra in Shetland, Scotland) and Joan Smith (b1865 at Sandwick in Shetland, Scotland). Robert - a Fisherman - and Joan - a Housemaid - married in 1888 in Burra, Shetland in Scotland. They raised their family in Shetland, Scotland.
James was a Fisherman when he immigrated in 1924 - arriving in Fremantle, WA on board the Benalla. He moved to Bunbury WA where he was a Waterside Worker in 1929 when he married Amy Louisa Bedford Green (b1908 in Bunbury, WA). By 1940 James and Amy had moved to Albany, WA where James was a Fisheries Inspector. In 1942 James enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:W88006) and was attached to 6th Battalion VDC when he was Discharged in December 1943.
James and Amy settled in Bunbury WA where James was a Fisheries Inspector, He died in 1984 and Amy in 1993.