GOODALL, James Robert
| Service Number: | 2839 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scotland, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor, Miner. |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 8 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2839, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2839, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2839, 1st Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds in a military hospital in Camiers |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
James Robert GOODALL (Service Number 2839) was born in Scotland in 1892. When he enlisted in the AIF he gave his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘miner’, but he had been employed by the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor from December 1913 until in June 1915 he was released from duty and joined the AIF.
On 4 October 1917 he was wounded in action for the second time and died of his wounds in a military hospital in Camiers on 8 October. He was buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
Submitted 29 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
James Robert GOODALL (Service Number 2839) was born in Scotland in 1892. When he enlisted in the AIF he gave his occupation as ‘miner’, but he had been employed by the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor from December 1913 until in June 1915 he was released from duty and joined the AIF. He was sent via Egypt to France, where he landed in March 1916.
He was wounded in action on 18th August 1916 and evacuated to England. After treatment he was discharged from hospital in October and given a fortnight’s leave before returning to duty. In December he was reclassified fully fit. After a period of further training, he was sent back to France in June 1917.
On 4th October 1917 he was again wounded in action. He died of his wounds in a military hospital in Camiers on 8 October. He was buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
A war pension was granted to his mother in Scotland.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board