GOODWIN, Albert George
| Service Number: | 202 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1895 |
| Home Town: | Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Letter Carrier |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 202, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 202, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For continuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Though wounded in the throat and unable to speak, he kept his section together, and gave valuable assistance in taking the objective, refusing to leave until the position was consolidated, and then carrying a written message to battalion headquarters and giving valuable information in addition.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 25 July 1918
PRESTON BOY WINS D.C.M.
"For conspicuous gallantry aud devotion to duty. Though wounded in the throat and unable to speak, he kept his section together and gave valuable assistance in taking objective; refusing to leave until the position was consolidated, and also carrying a written message to Headquarters and giving valuable information in addition," was how No. 202 Corporal Albert George Goodwin. 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade. A.I.F., recently won the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Corporal Goodwin, who lives at Preston, went into camp on August 20, 1914, and sailed with the 1st Australian Division. Up to October 26 last year, when, he was wounded, he had served continually with the 6th Battalion. Corporal Goodwin comes from a fighting family, as his brother Norman returned, in September, 1917, after two years' service, and is now on Home Service, and his step-father is now on
War Service in England.
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