GOODE, George Norman
| Service Number: | 329 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wanaaring, New South Wales, Australia, 24 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wanaaring, Bourke, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wanaaring Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, North Curl Curl War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 329, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 329, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 329, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 329 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
George Norman GOODE (Service Number 329) was born on 24 July 1892 in Wanaaring and attended the State school there. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor in February 1914, and in August 1914 was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Randwick.
On 9 April 1917 he was killed in action in France.
Submitted 29 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George Norman GOODE (Service Number 329) was born on 24th July 1892 in Wanaaring. He attended the State school there. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor in February 1914. In August 1914 was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Randwick.
He embarked from Australia on HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20th October 1914. He was allotted to the 3rd Battalion. He was sent with them via Egypt to Gallipoli. He went to hospital in August 1915, he re-joined his unit on 22nd August. In October he was sent to hospital in Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos) with fever. He returned to his unit in November. He returned with them to Egypt when they withdrew from Gallipoli. He forfeited two days’ pay when he was Absent Without Leave from camp for a day at Serapeum.
In March 1916 he was sent with his unit to France. He was made a Lance Corporal in August. He was sent on a training course, and given a fortnight’s leave in England in October. He re-joining his unit and was promoted to Corporalduring that month. In February 1917 he was promoted to Sergeant. On 9th April 1917 he was killed in action.
He was buried in an isolated grave ‘on side of track, 1 mile west of Hermies’, but after the war his remains were exhumed and reburied in Beumetz Cross Road Military Cemetery, 5¾ miles east of Bapaume.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board