GOODSELL, Herbert George
| Service Number: | 1915 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Salehurst, Sussex, England, 24 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Pine Point, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Robertsbridge, UK |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 September 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres Grave I. C. 3 Inscription: THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pine Point Muloowurtie Memorial Institute |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1915, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1915, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1915, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide |
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Herbert George GOODSELL was born in the Companys Cottages, Cackle St. Salehurst in Sussex, England on 24th November, 1891
His parents were Thomas GOODSELL & Annie Elizabeth KINGHAM who married in Ticehurst, UK in 1886
He married Edith Ellen MILLER in the Methodist Parsonage in Maitland, South Australia on 30th September, 1915
He had previously served for 2 years in the 5th Royal Sussex Territorials before coming to Australia and enlisting to serve in WW1 on 13th April, 1916 with the 50th Regiment
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His son Lawrence Percy GOODSELL (SN V359888) served in the Volunteer Defence Corp, 14th Infantry Battalion during WW2)
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1891 Goodsell Herbert George Ticehurst 2b 104
Age on arrival in Australia 18
Enlistment date 13 April 1916
Age at embarkation 23
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/67/3
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 July 1916.
50th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry. 4th Australian Division. Killed in action near Ypres .
He was 24 and the son of Thomas & Annie Goodsell ‘Higham’ Salehurst, later of Maidstone, Kent. Husband of Mrs. Edith Ellen Goodsell of Pine Point, Muloowurtie, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
His brother, Corporal Percival Thomas Goodsell TF.2233, 1/5th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Division died of wounds 10th May 1915. Aged 21.Interred in Bethune Town Cemetery, France, Grave F. 80
He is remembered on the Salehurst and the Robertsbridge War Memorials.
SALEHURST WAR MEMORIAL
There are 40 names recorded on a large brass plate behind the pulpit in the church of St. Mary the Virgin. The memorial includes all the men recorded on the Memorial in Robertsbridge High Street except one. There is also a handwritten Roll of Honour for all who served.
ROBERTSBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL
Robertsbridge is a small village 5 miles from Battle. St Mary's Church, Salehurst, is about 1 mile from Robertsbridge and serves both villages.
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