GOODWILL, William Henry
| Service Number: | 2119 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Longwarry, Victoria, Australia, 13 February 1883 |
| Home Town: | Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mirboo, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 22 January 1957, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2119, 2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 2119, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 2119, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 5 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2119, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, France- GSW to arm | |
| 27 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2119, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, per New Zealand HT82 | |
| 2 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2119, 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Will was the eldest of eleven children of Francis (Frank) Goodwill (born 1852 in Yorkshire, England) and Ellen Crole (born 1862 in Melbourne, Victoria). Frank - a Farmer - and Ellen married in 1882 at Longwarry in Victoria and raised their family in the Gippsland Region. Three of their sons served in WWI - Wiil, Arthur and Albert.
Will was a Farm Labourer at Nilma in Warragul, Victoria when he enlsited in the AIF in 1916. Brothers - James (Service No:5698) and Albert (Service No:5023) also enlisted in 1916. Will served as a Private (Service No:2119) with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion A Coy and was WIA at Boulogne in France in 1917.
Discharged in January 1918, Will returned to the Gippsland Region and worked as a Farm Labourer at Nilma, then he was a Rabbit Trapper at Mirboo and Turton's Creek in the Gippsland until his death in 1957.