Robert GOODWIN

Regimental number12/2610
AddressMorrinsville
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Jane Goodwin, Morrinsville
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France
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Parents: Robert and Sarah Jane Goodwin, Morrinsville, Hamilton
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 54741 Rifleman Reginald Charles GOODWIN, 1st Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 5 April 1918; 2/536 Sergeant Walter GOODWIN, No 1 Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, killed in action, 21 June 1917.
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Sixth

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