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Boniface Octavus GOGGINS

Regimental number1345
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFireman
AddressWarwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Goggins, Percy Street, Warwick, Queensland
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Corporal
Unit nameRailway Unit, Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Other details

War service: Western Front

Before returning to Australia, he spent time in Scotland. Returned to Australia 28 November 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death15 September 1972

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