GOODSIR, Albert Victor
| Service Number: | 770 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, Broadmeadow, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mercer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 10th Australian Field Ambulance, Curlu west of Peronne, France, 29 August 1918, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Suzanne Military Cemetery No.3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Breeza and District War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 770, Broadmeadow, New South Wales | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 770, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 770, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 24 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 770, 33rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Shell wound (head) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
A well known figure in the Breeza-Gunnedah district of north west New South Wales, Sergeant Albert Victor Goodsir was a victim of the Western Front. The family came to the Breeza area from Newcastle in the early 1900s and consisted of boys, William, Albert and Clarrie and their sister Jean. Their father James worked on the railway at Breeza and was joined by the three sons as they left scool.
Albert was the night officer on gthe railwsay at Breeza for some time - he had left the railways by the time war broke out, having opened a mercery business in Newcastle.
Enlisting in March 1916, joining a recruitment effort by politician and soldier Ambrose Campbell Carmichael to raise 1000 troops from the Newcastle area (Carmichael's Thousand). He was placedd in the 36th Battalion, embarking in the troopship 'Beltana' in May 1916. He was transferred to the 33rd Battalion when ther 36th was broken up due to losses in the field.
Sergeant Albert Goodsir died of wounds when he was struck on the head by shrapnel on August 29, 1918 at Curlu during a heavy German bombardment.
Credit: RG McLean
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
104 years ago today, on the 29th August 1918, Sergeant Albert Victor Goodsir, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-770), railway employee and mercer from "Tugoola", Brighton Avenue, Toronto, New South Wales or Wyong, N.S.W., Died of Wounds at the 10th Australian Field Ambulance, France, age 30.
Born at Islington, New South Wales on the 18th August 1888 to James Thomas Duncan (died 27.10.1946) of 64 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W. and Naomi Goodsir nee Clouten (died 16.6.1911), of Prince Street, Waratah, N.S.W., Albert enlisted March 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Admitted 12th Casualty Clearing Station 26.1.1917 (scabies & dermatitis).
Albert is resting at Suzanne Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Row B Grave 16.
Mr. Goodsir’s name has been inscribed on the Toronto & District Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 30th September 1922, 115 names inscribed, 21 Fallen, located at the corner of Brighton Avenue, Victory Parade and Wharf Street, Goffet Park, Toronto, N.S.W.), Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll, Baulkham Hills - World War 1 Memorial - William Thompson Masonic Schools and the Breeza and District War Memorial. Name not inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour or the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
There is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque of parents James and Naomi to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of their son Albert, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of his service for God, King & Country during The Great War. ANGLICAN 1-75. 60.
Older brother William James (36th Battalion, Reg No-771, from Gosford, N.S.W., born 26.7.1887, Islington, N.S.W., died 29.12.1979, age 92, district unknown) also served 1st A.I.F.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140975850 - report of presentation of medal to brother William and railway men at the Hamilton Mechanics' Institute.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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