Vivian Vernon GODDEN

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GODDEN, Vivian Vernon

Service Number:	5082
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Riggs Creek, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1896
Home Town:	Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Riggs Creek State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Killed in Action, Flers, France, 2 November 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Euroa Fallen of Euroa District Honour Roll, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial, Moglonemby & District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5082, Bendigo, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5082, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5082, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1617 Private Vivian Vernon Godden, 7th Battalion... an electrician from Bendigo, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Godden embarked with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Suffolk on 1 April 1916. Later transferring to the 59th Battalion, he was killed in action on 1 November 1916, aged 19, and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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