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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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).