Oscar Leonard GODLEE

Regimental number14609
Place of birthBeltana, South Australia
SchoolAdelaide High School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStudent
AddressProspect, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, A J Godlee, Farrant Street, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date2 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Army Medical Corps, July 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/99/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Field Ambulance
FateDied of disease 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialPont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 9), Nieppe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and John GODLEE, 6 Daphne Street, Prospect, South Australia. Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Headstone inscription says "Died of wounds, Messines, while stretcher bearing.'~
Family/military connectionsCousins: 2Lt John GODLEE RFC, killed in action, 19 July 1916, France; Pte Charles H. GODLEE, 43rd Bn, died of illness, 7 July 1918.