GOODYER, Robert Adrian
| Service Number: | 5047 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Linesman |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5047, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5047, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Robert Adrian GOODYER (Service Number 5047) was born in Glen Innes on 23rd May 1890. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a linesman’s labourer in April 1914. In December 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Casula.
Submitted 1 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Robert Adrian GOODYER (Service Number 5047) was born in Glen Innes on 23rd May 1890. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a linesman’s labourer in April 1914.
In December 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Casula. He was sent to England with reinforcements in 1916.
‘Taken on strength’ by the 19th Battalion in England on 1st September 1916, he was sent to Devonport Military Hospital sick the following day. He had ‘had colds a good part of the time he was in camp [in Australia]. Paraded sick but not sent to hospital. Embarked in July, cold was bad on board transport.’ On the transport ship he was ‘overheard to remark that he had trouble before enlistment but wanted to get to England’. The hospital discovered that he had active pulmonary tuberculosis, and in October it was decided that he should be discharged, permanently unfit. ‘The physical signs point to chronic mischief, though he denies any chest complaint prior to enlistment.’ By this time he was coughing blood and was ‘much emaciated’.
He embarked from Southampton on 14th January 1917 for return to Australia for discharge. He was admitted to No. 4 Australian General Hospital at Randwick on 11th March. He died there at 2.50am on 28th March 1917. ‘His next of kin, his brother, was not present at time of death, but was present a few hours prior to and shortly after his death.’
The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Charles Kinsela, undertaker, and arrangements for gun carriage, firing party, etc [were] made with Garrison Sergeant Major, Victoria Barracks.’ He was buried on 29th March at Randwick, aged 26.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board