James GOODWIN

GOODWIN, James

    Service Number: 68
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
    Born: Wellingrove, New South Wales, Australia, 1876
    Home Town: Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Bronte, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., 28 May 1915, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales
    Plot: W-17-RC-SP-804
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 68, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
    1 Mar 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 68, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
    21 Jun 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 68, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    James Goodwin served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service as a Private S.N. 68 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second service as a Private S.N. 820 in the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.

    He was born in 1876 in the Wellingrve District near Glen Innes, NSW, a sone to James and Catherine Goodwin.

    (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 & 524; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 2nd service).

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