GOODWIN, Enoch John
| Service Number: | 3301 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1954, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican_2, Section 151, Lot 67 |
| Memorials: | Tighe's Hill Public School HR, Tighes Hill Pride of Ferndale G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour, Tighes's Hill Methodist Church Honour Roll, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3301, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3301, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3301, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3301, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW to neck (severe) fractured arm | |
| 20 Feb 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3301, 54th Infantry Battalion, MD due to wounding at Fromelles |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, have I been forgotten?
67 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 19th November 1954, Private Enoch John Goodwin, 54th Battalion (Reg No-3301), clerk (J. Ireland & Co. Pty Ltd., Newcastle, N.S.W.) of George Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales and 34 Rawson Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., father of three (Neville, Betty, Clyde), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. ANGLICAN 2-151. 67.
Born at North Waratah, New South Wales on the 2nd March 1887 (as Errick J) to Thomas and Sarah Ann Goodwin; husband of Ellen Mary Goodwin nee Millen (married 1920, Waratah, N.S.W., died 1939 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135446261, sleeping here), Enoch enlisted August 1915 with the 2nd Battalion at Warwick Farm, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 19-20.7.1916 (GSW neck, fractured left arm, Battle of Fromelles).
Enoch was invalided home April 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 20th June 1917.
Mr. Goodwin’s name has been inscribed on the Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll, Tighes Hill Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1), Messrs. J. Ireland Limited Roll of Honour (photo, 17 names inscribed in gold, 2 Fallen, unveiled date unknown, in storage at Maryville, N.S.W.) and the Tighes Hill Pride of Ferndale Lodge, No. 132 and 1845, G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at the Goodwin gravesite and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of Enoch’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Lest We Forget.
NOTE- I have located another 5 returned Diggers resting at Sandgate Cemetery who were invalided home after the Battle of Fromelles (19/20th July 1916) or were taken as a Prisoner of War.
DANN-Alfred James (Jnr), EATHER-Albert Ernest, NEWTON-Edward Thomas, NOLAN-Justin A, PRICE-Robert.
See Commemorating Our WW1 Heroes Buried in Sandgate Cemetery for more information –
Lest We Forget.
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