GOODWIN, Harold Gladstone
| Service Number: | 666 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1916, C Company |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campania, Tasmania, 6 September 1890 |
| Home Town: | Kempton, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Kempton State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Gun shot wounds, France, 12 August 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot IV, Row 13, Grave 4, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kempton Congregational Church HR, Kempton Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 666, 40th Infantry Battalion, C Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 666, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 666, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 16 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, 666, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 666, 40th Infantry Battalion, Gun Shot Wounds | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Involvement Driver, 666, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 666 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-08-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harold Gladstone GOODWIN was born at Campania, Tasmania on 6th September, 1890
His parents were Richard Charles GOODWIN and Henrietta Alice CHAPLIN who married in 1874 in Brighton, Tasmania - Harold was one of 14 children & both his parents were deceased by the time he enlisted to serve in WW1
He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 23rd March, 1916 and embarked with the 40th Infantry Battalion, C Company on the ship HMAT Berrima which left Hobart on 1st July, 1916
Harold died from gun shot wounds at the 55th Casualty Clearing Station on 12th August, 1918 and is buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension
The Inscription reads: "OF KEMPTON, TASMANIA, IN LOVING MEMORY"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and also on a memorial in Kempton Congregational Church in Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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One of his brothers also served in WW1
1. Ernest Frederick Lyndhurst GOODWIN (Military Medal) Service No. 3658 - Returned to Australia in 1919
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