GODART, Thomas Boiville
| Service Number: | 729 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clapham, Surrey, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | City Central London England |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer's Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 729, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 729, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 729, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 7 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 729, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 729 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Peter GODART and Katharine Frances nee FARMER
His father, of 40 Finsbury Park Rd, London, filled out the Roll of Honour circular and gave Thomas's occupation as estate agent and surveyor. He stated that he had gone on the land and had been with W Cooper at Upper Manning River. He thought he had come to Australia at 25 or 26 years of age. "My son came to Sydney to be with me intending to go on the land but when war broke out he joined up." The people his father added as reference people were Uncles George and Frank Godart and Aunts Mary and Fanny Godart 54 Ocean St Woollahra.
Thomas's grandfather, also Thomas Godart (b 29/6/1820 London) died in Australia at his residence Glenview St Paddington 6/11/1887. The family vault at Waverley Cemetery is inscribed "late of St Bart's Hospital London". He was librarian at the hospital as well as being an artist and engraver.
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