Frederick Charles GOODCHILD

Regimental number3318
Date of birth5 October 1891
Place of birthAlton, Hants., England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDarlinghurst, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Goodchild, 270 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 28 March 1919
Discharge date20 July 1919
Other details

War service: taken on strength, 13th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 4 March 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 8 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 11 April 1917 (shrapnel wound, right side). Evacuated to England, 20 April 1917, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, King's Heath, 22 April 1917. Transferred to No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 13 June 1917. Granted furlough, 25 June 1917, to report to No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 9 July 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 August 1917; rejoined unit, 3 September 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Macquarie', 28 March 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 26 May 1919; discharged, 20 July 1919.

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

Date of death25 September 1969
Place of burialCremated: Beresfield Crematorium, Newcastle, New South Wales