Goddard, Edward George

All Campaigns

20 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Goddard

NAME

Edward George

PLACE OF BIRTH

Maitland, NSW

OCCUPATION

Miner

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Cairns, QLD

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

7-10-1916

NEXT OF KIN

(step-brother) Richard Peters, Jeffery Street, Armidale, NSW

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Address in AIF Project, Mossman

REGIMENT 1

31st Battalion AIF

RANK

Private

DATE DISCHARGED

22-01-1918

OTHER INFORMATION

31st Battalion 12th Reinforcement; Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal No.27286 and Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

Edward George Goddard embarked per HMAT Demosthenes A64 on 23-12-1916 at Sydney and disembarked at Plymouth England on 3-03-1917 and marched in to the 8th Training Battalion at Hurdcott Salisbury, England In September 1917 he marched in to the 2nd Command Depot at Parkhouse nearby and was assessed as having a tendency to bronchitis and at his age 'not likely to stand the coming winter'.

As a result he was sent home to Australia per HT Port Lyttleton 19-10-1917 and disembarked on 5-12-1917.

SERVICE NO

4529