Martin Leo GOOD

Regimental number25850
Date of birth22 August 1895
Place of birthSanson
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarm labourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Charles Good, c/o Manawatu County Council, Sanson via Foxton
Previous military serviceMember (drafted), Taranaki Rifle Club, at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date29 May 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Martin and Margaret Good, Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu, Hamilton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 25 September 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 November 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Admitted to Isolation Section, Command Depot, Codford, 7 January 1917 (scabies); discharged from hospital, 26 January 1917; marched out to Reinforcements Group, Sling Camp, 3 February 1917.

Appointed Cook, 18 February 1917.

Found guilty, 29 May 1917, of being absent without leave from midnight, 27 May, to midnight, 28 May 1917: forfeited 1 day's pay under Royal Warrant.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 June 1917; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 26 June 1917, and posted to C Company.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 27 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 28
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16787033