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GOODING, Walter Tom
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4198 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gerang, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gerang State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll, Gerang Residents of Gerang and District Great European War Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4198, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4198, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4198, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4198, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Walter Tom Gooding enlisted at the age of 21 and joined the 29th Battalion in France on the 12 April 1917, serving for a little over five months before he was killed in action on either the 26 or 27 September 1917 during the attacks by the 29th Battalion, as part of the 5th Division, on Polygon Wood in Belgium. Nothing is known of his death, he is still missing and his name is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. His older brother, Harold Gooding was killed three days later aged 24, whilst serving with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF.
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