James GOODALL

GOODALL, James

    Service Numbers: 1674, 1674, 1461, 1461
    Enlisted: 12 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Magnet, Tasmania, 1895
    Home Town: Westbury, Meander Valley, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Gardener
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 15 April 1918
    Cemetery: Ebblinghem Military Cemetery
    Plot 1, Row A, Grave 21 Headstone inscription reads: Light after darkness, Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1674, Enlisted at Melbourne
    19 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1674, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    19 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1674, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    18 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1674, Gunshot wound to the face fracturing his jaw and evacuated to England on 25 August 1916
    14 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1674, 1461, Multiple shell wounds
    15 Apr 1918: Involvement Private, 1461, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1461 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-15

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James C. and Lucy Goodall. Next of kin is listed as a friend, Rev. A.B. Tress of 198 Albert Street, East Melbourne. Brother of Godrey Clifford Goodall of Burnie, Tasmania

    James enlisted in Melbourne as he was under age and his uncle would not give consent for James to enlist

    Medals; 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal held in trust by his uncle Alf Sutton for James' brother Godfrey Goodall

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