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GOODHAND, Alfred John
| Service Number: | 3558 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, at Mount Gambier |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Beachport, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Ganger |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3558, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Mount Gambier | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3558, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3558, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3558, 32nd Infantry Battalion, On the 15 of April 1918 Alfred John Goodhand was discharged because of premature senility. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Alfred John Goodhand was born in 1877 in Mt Gambier. He grew up in Beachport and worked as a railway ganger. At 39 he enlisted into the army on the 1st of May 1916. Alfred left for France on the 16th of August 1916. He landed at Plymouth and then was sent to Etaples, a small coastal town in France, on the 6th of January 1917. 1 month later he joined up with the 32nd Battalion in Fricourt on the 7 of Febuary 1917. After 2 months in the field Alfred fell ill with myalgia. He was then sent to a hospital in Rouen, France. After 8 months Alfred rejoined his unit in Le Harve on the 13th of December 1917. On the 15th of January 1918 he fell sick again. The doctors could not find out what was wrong with him. On the 22nd of Febuary Alfred was sent back to England. He was then sent back to Australia on the 19th of April 1918 and was discarged for premature senility (lack of physical fitness). Details of his later life are not known.