Regimental number | 54741 |
Occupation | Salesman |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs R Goodwin, Morrinsville |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Sarah Jane Goodwin, Lorne Street, Morrinsville, Hamilton |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 12/2610 2nd Lt Robert GOODWIN, 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 1 October 1916; 2/536 Sergeant Walter GOODWIN, No 1 Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, killed in action, 21 June 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 13 |
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