GOODE, Lynton
| Service Number: | 1817 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Thakeham, Sussex, England, 2 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tobacco Planter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1817 | |
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| 8 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1817, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1817, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Lea
Lynton Goode was born on 2nd April 1894 in Thakeham, Sussex England to Charles & Ada Goode. He had five brothers and two sisters. Three of his brothers travelled to the US whilst Lynton sought adventure too. In early 1914 he joined the freighter Mannintry in Manchester England as a Seaman and arrived in Sydney Australia on 6th June 1914. He left the ship and travelled to Cairns North Queensland where he worked as a tobacco planter.
After the outbreak of WW1 he travelled to Brisbane and enlisted as a volunteer in the Australian Infrantry Forces 15th Battalion on 23rd January 1915. After initial training the recruits sailed as reinforcements to Alexandria Egypt they travelled to Gallipoli.
With the 15th Batalion incurring huge losses the reinforments were sent to Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, inluding Lynton Goode. On the 6th August 1915 the 15th Battalion AIF launched an attack on "Hill 971".
A report sent to the GHQ 15th Batallion notes "An informant states that on or about 7th August 1915 on the left of Sulva Bay Lynton Goode was killed. Informant camped with him for some time, and has no particulars, but is quite certain Lynton is dead"
A letter from the AIF to Lynton's mother in September 1916 states that a friend of his present at the time was sure that he had been shot and did not survive.
Lynton is remembered at the Australian War Memorial and at the St Mary's Church in his home village of Thakeham, Sussex England.