Robert Hartley GOODALL

Regimental number21818
Date of birth1892
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Height6' 0"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs H G Goodall, 17 Wherstead Street, Cashmere, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in Ambulance (Corps?); no longer serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date29 April 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Second given recorded on Roll of Honour and on CWGC site as Heartley.
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs H.G. Goodall, 17 Whersteade Road, Cashmere, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Dunedin, 30 August 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 24 October 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Appointed Cook, 29 October 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 June 1917;joined 3rd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 11 July 1917, and posted to B Company.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 34
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16787064

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