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William GOODFIELD

Regimental number285
Place of birthKeynsham
Place of birthBristol, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTram driver
Addressc/o Mr V Goodfield, 363 Hay Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Violet Goodfield, 95 Kensington Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date6 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 March 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A36 Thirty Six on 12 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 4A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Julia GOODFIELD; ;husband of Violet Florence MORAN (formerly GOODFIELD), Lake Grace, Western Australia. Native of Bristol England

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