GOODYEAR, David Daniel
| Service Number: | 1899 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Seven Mile Creek, New South Wales, 22 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Wylie Creek, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Amosfield Public School |
| Occupation: | Miner/Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Stanthorpe, Queensland, 23 September 1954, aged 61 years |
| Cemetery: |
Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Liston - Amosfield War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1899, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 12 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1899, 26th Infantry Battalion |
David Daniel Goodyear
David (Dave) Goodyear was born to Thomas and Mary (Davis) Goodyear at Wilson Downfall and later lived in Liston/Wilson's Downfall area which is near Stanthorpe, Queensland 20/02/1893. David Daniel Goodyear for "Dave "as he was always known was 21 when he enlisted for military service. Dave and his brother Samuel were both in the 26th Battalion.
While fighting in France Dave received a gunshot wound on 05.08.1916 and then again 18.11.1916. One of his injuries was to the right shoulder which caused severe damage to the brachial plexus (the brachial plexus means a network of nerves that supply the upper limb arm, forearm and hand) which affected him the rest of his life .
He was invalided to England where he met and married one of the nurses who nursed him with his injury. Dave married Emma Lilly in Croydon, Surrey in 1917 . Their daughter Margaret was born in 1918. Dave returned to Australia and it is not known if Emma and Margaret ever came to Australia but when he returned to Australia he lived with his mother and father. He later lived alone in Liston until his death in 1954.
Embarkation record
David Daniel Goodyear
Service /Regimental number 1899
Religion Methodist
Occupation Labourer
Address Liston, Stanthorpe, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 21
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Goodyear, Liston, Stanthorpe, New South Wales
Enlistment date 15 June 1915
Submitted 20 March 2015 by Veronica Madon
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