GOODHEW, George Augustus
| Service Number: | 2167 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, NSW, 13 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newtown Public School |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Assault - head wound, At his residence, 6 Cowper Street, Campsie, NSW, 24 July 1942, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Zone D Anglican 13 1442 |
| Memorials: | Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2167, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2167, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2167, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Henry Elgin and Louisa Elizabeth GOODEHW, 1 Baltic Street, Newtown, New South Wales
George served in Egypt, Gallipoli - Lone Pine and left before the Evacuation suffering with shell shock, invalided to Epson Hospital England. Appointed Home Service at Headquarters Staff, London.
G.P.O. MAN'S
INJURIES
Doctors are fighting to save the life of George Augustus Goodhew, 53, who has been unconscious since he was found battered and bleeding in a GPO lavatory on Wednesday. Goodhew, of Cowper-street, Campsie, a returned soldier from the last war, has been employed for many years as a clerk in the GPO. He is now in Canterbury Hospital, suffering from concussion and lacerations to the face and head.
Detective-Sergeants Godwin and McCarthy last night arrested another employee of the GPO, who was charged with having injured Goodhew. -30 May 1942
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