GODBEE, Keith Randolph
| Service Number: | 3165 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1916, Place of Enlistment, Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wentworthville, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Parramatta Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tramway Employee |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Picquigny British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3165, 35th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Sydney, New South Wales. | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3165, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3165, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 3 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3165, 35th Infantry Battalion, Died of his wounds a a Casualty Clearing Station |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Keith Randolph GODBEE (Service Number 3165) was born at Seven Hills in 1895. He joined the Tramways as an ‘office lad’ in 1912, and in 1913 became a junior car cleaner, in October 1916 being promoted to car cleaner. The same month he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Sydney, stating his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘conductor’ when he did so.
He was wounded on 3 April 1918 when a shell landed on his billet near Villers-Bretonneux. He died of his wounds at a casualty clearing station on 5 April. He was buried in Picquiguy British Cemetery, 13km NW of Amiens.
Submitted 25 July 2023 by John Oakes
Keith Godbee
*Keith was born in Parramatta N.S.W Australia 1895
*Keith was a sergeant in the Citizens Parramatta the Cucumber Land Argues and Fruit Grower Advocate
*Keith was the son of Isaac Franklin Godbee and Elizabeth Godbee
*Keith fought on the Western Front, France
*Keith had one arm shattered and the other one was blow off
*Keith enlisted when he was 21
*Keith was in a billet when he was hit by a shell (a grenade )
*Keiths lived in Wentworth and his occupation is a tramway employee
*Keith embarked from Sydney per HMAT`Anchises A68 on 24 of January
*Keith served with 35th Battalion on the Western Front
*Keith enlisted on the 24th of October 1916
Submitted 30 November 2016 by Cheryl Kersivien
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Keith Randolph GODBEE (Service Number 3165) was born at Seven Hills in 1895. He joined the Tramways as an ‘office lad’ in 1912, and in 1913 became a junior tramcar cleaner. In October 1916, he was promoted to tramcar cleaner. The same month he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Sydney, stating his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘conductor’ when he did so.
He mbarked from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Anchises’ on 24th January 1917. He landed in England in March. After training there he was sent to France and joined the 35th Battalion ‘in the field’. He was wounded on 3rd April 1918 when a shell landed on his billet near Villers-Bretonneux. He died of his wounds at a casualty clearing station on 5th April. He was buried in Picquiguy British Cemetery, 13km NW of Amiens.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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