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Harold Gladstone GOODWIN

Regimental number666
Place of birthCampania, Tasmania
SchoolKepmton State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressKempton, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinBrother, Leslie Goodwin, Kempton, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Kempton Cemetery, Tasmania. Parents: Richard (d. 8 August 1904, agd 63; bu. Kempton) and Hennrietta GOODWIN (d. 10 July 1914, aged 60; bu. Kempton); brother of Mr L. GOODWIN, Kempton, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3658 Pte Ernest Frederick Lyndhurst GOODWIN MM, 26th Bn, returned to Australia, 25 September 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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