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GOODEN, Stanley Roy
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1915, Keswick South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 1 May 1884 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | 10 April 1968, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia PLOT Derrick Gardens, Path 6 Grave 522A |
| Memorials: | Adelaide North Adelaide Cycling Club Roll of Honor, Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, HMAT Miltiades A28 |
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| 25 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick South Australia Australia | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Surname: GOODEN; Given Names: Stanley Roy; Date of Birth: 1 May 1884; Date of Enlistment: 25 May 1915; Trade or Calling: Accountant; Birth Location: Norwood; Address prior to enlistment: Dequetteville Tce Kent Town; Photograph sent by: S R Gooden
Source: State Records SA
NOK Sister, Miss Gwendoline Grierson Gooden, 4 Dequetteville Terrace Kent Town.
Aged 31 1/2 single and an accountant by calling, upon enlistment Stanley Roy Gooden was identified for Officer Training. He then undertook officer training at Mitcham Camp and other metropolitan training sites. He was commissioned on the 12th October 1915 and allocated to the 9th Reinforcements of the 27th Battalion.
His ship the Miltiades, arrived in Egypt as the AIF was moving to France and he subsequently re-emabrked for Marseilles, arriving on 27 March 1916.
He was taken on strength by the 27th Battalion on the 7th May 1916. Three weeks later he was wounded, sustaining a gunshot wound to his arm and back. He was evacuated via the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station at the Front, through No 3 Stationary Hospital and then via Bolougne to the United Kingdom.
He returned to the Front and the Battalion, being taken on strength on the 25th September, following the Battalion's extraction from the fighting at Mouquet Farm.
The Battalion moved briefly to Belgium and then returned to the Somme in late October. On the 12th October, Stanley Gooden had been promoted to Lieutenant.
In early November, the 27th Battalion was heavily engaged at Flers. Stanley survived this and with the battalion settled in to winter quarters near Guedecourt, the worst winter in living memory. However on the 25th November, Stan was once again wounded, this time by artillery fire, sustaining a shrapnel wound to his thigh. One again Stanley moved through the casualty evacuation chain to the 3rd General Hospital in London.
This time it seems his wounds or their consequences were assessed as serious enough to warrant return to Australia and he embarked on the Kanowna on 20 January 1917 for "six months change". He disemarked in March 1917 and was administered through Keswick Barracks. However, in June 1917 his appointment was terminated, "medically unfit, incapacitation - total". He was granted Honourary rank and placed temporarily on the Reserve of Officers. He was granted a pension of 4 pounds per fortnight.
British War Medal 9541
Victory Medal 9477
Steve Larkins April 2014
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