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GOODE Philip Charles Ryall MC MB BS FRACS

1916 - 1979

Philip Charles Ryall Goode was born, in Port Lincoln, SA, on 13th September 1916.  He was the third son of Dr Reginald Alfred Goode and his wife Isabella Brackenridge, nee Hooper.  Educated at Scotch College Adelaide, he was awarded the J W McGregor Scholarship in Leaving Honours.  He studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, graduating MB BS in 1939. Awarded the Everett Prize in fifth year, he gained a sixth credit in his final year.  He finished a shortened residency at the RAH, to enlist in WW2. He married Barbara Lynette Chinner on 28th September 1940, the groomsman being Captain Reginald Motteram 2/8th FdAmb.  She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clive Chinner of Millswood, SA.

Goode enlisted, as a captain, in the 2/AIF on 10th July, 1940, and named his father, RA Goode, of Lower Mitcham, as his next of kin. Posted to 2/8th FdAmb, he embarked for the Middle East on the Mauritius from 3MD arriving in Palestine on 30th January 1941. He was posted to A Coy 2/8 FdAmb and served in the Cyrenaica campaign and was prominent in casualty evacuation, under fire, during the action at Bernina Pass near Benghazi.  He served, with 2/8th FdAmb in Tobruk, until July 1941, when he transferred as RMO to 2/13 Bn.  He was with this Bn in the occupation of Syria and then at the later Battle of El Alamein, October and November 1942.  For his actions from the 23rd October to the 6th November Goode was awarded the Military Cross on 16th January 1943. His citation states that during this time; …he carried out his duties in very exacting and dangerous conditions with complete disregard for his own safety.  Although injured himself in his right knee, by a shell, the citation further states; …he refused to be evacuated until some days later as there were still patients coming in for attention.  This officer’s devotion to duty, coolness under fire and disregard for his own welfare created a marked impression on all ranks. Goode was returned to Australia, having completed a tropical medicine course, from the Middle East, arriving, in Sydney on 27th February 1943. Promoted major in August 1943, he was posted DADMS HQ 9 Div and went to PNG, in 1943, to the landings at Lae, Huon Peninsula and Finschhafen.  Returning to Australia, in February 1944, he was posted CO 2 AAMC Trg Unit, Darley, VIC, until April 1945.  Then posted MO 106 AGH Bonegilla, VIC and finally 2/121 AGH in Katherine, NT. Discharged on 29 Nov 1945, he was placed on the Reserve of Officers.

Goode completed his residencies, at the ACH in December 1945, the RAH in January to May 1946 and the QVMH in June 1946.  Goode’s interest in surgery led him to be a demonstrator in anatomy from 1946 to 1950 and then clinical tutor in surgery from 1952 to 1953, for the University of Adelaide, concurrently with being a surgical clinical assistant from 1951 to 1952, then surgical registrar from 1952 to 1953 at the RAH.  Goode was also assistant to the Director of Surgical Studies, University of Adelaide from 1952 to 1953, and passed his final exams, for the FRACS, in 1953.  Subsequently, he returned to general practice in Lower Mitcham becoming MO Health, Mitcham Council from 1951 to 1953 and medical officer at Scotch College from 1952 to 1953.  Philip Charles Ryall Goode MC died on 2nd April 1979.

Source

Blood, Sweat and Fears III: Medical Practitioners South Australia, who Served in World War 2. 

Swain, Jelly, Verco, Summers. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2019. 

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