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Alfred Ernest GOODWIN

Regimental number3337
Place of birthLeichhardt, New South Wales
SchoolLeichhardt and Ryde Superior Public Schools, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTraveller
AddressBelmore Street, Ryde, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Goodwin, Belmore Street, Ryde, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3337B
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 31), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, New South Wales. Parents: Andrew and Sarah GOODWIN, Belmore Street, Ryde, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1745 Pte George Victor GOODWIN, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 7 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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