GOOD, William Arthur
| Service Numbers: | 3403, 18573 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1878 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist's Assistant |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 October 1961, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton Presbyterian Church Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3403, 6th Field Ambulance | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 3403, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 3403, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne | |
| 28 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3403, 6th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel Wound at Gallipoli Peninsula – Malta and Helopolis Hospitals | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3403, 6th Field Ambulance, embarked from Suez for RTA per HT Nestor | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3403, 6th Field Ambulance, Medically Unfit | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18573, 13th Field Ambulance | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 18573, 13th Field Ambulance, embarked from Melbourne, for Glasgow on board HMAT A32 Themistocles | |
| 3 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 18573, 13th Field Ambulance, embarked England for Melbourne per HT Barambah | |
| 10 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 18573, 13th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sergeant William Arthur Good (Service No:18573) initially enlisted in the AIF on 4 March 1915 and served as a Private (Service No:3403) with 6th Field Ambulance. Private Good was WiA (shrapnel) at Gallipoli Peninsula on 28 November 1915 and hospitalised at Malta and Heliopolis before returning to Australia for Discharge (Medically Unfit) on 17 November 1916. He re-enlisted in Melbourne on 4 April 1917 as a Private attached to 13th Field Ambulance. Private Good served in France and was promoted to Sergeant on 1 September 1919. He was Discharged on 10 December 1919.
Born in 1878 in Kyneton Victoria, William was the fourth of thirteen children of William Good Snr (b1844 in Kincardineshire, Scotland) and Elizabeth Miller (b1853 in Glasgow, Scotland). William Snr (an Agricultural Labourer) immigrated in 1868, arriving in Melbourne on board the Great Britain, and Elizabeth (a Domestic Servant) immigrated in 1869, arriving in Hobson's Bay, Victoria on board the Gresham. William Snr and Elizabeth married in 1871 in Kyneton, Victoria where they settled and raised their family and William Snr worked as an Estate Agent and Salesman.
William started work as a Chemist's Apprentice, and worked as a Chemist's Assistant in Geelong and Stawell prior to his enlistment in the AIF. Following his Discharge in 1919, William worked as a Chemist in Kyneton and, in 1920 in Melbourne, married Lillian Elizabeth Carrick (b1887 in Tungamah, Victoria) - Lillian was living in Melbourne with her parents. William and Lillian settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and William worked as a Salesman, Chemist and Labourer. William died in 1961 and Lillian in 1969.