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GODDARD, Robert Affleck
| Service Number: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Robe South Australia, 11 April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Store Keeper |
| Died: | Renmark South Australia , 22 November 1944, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Renmark Old Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Robe War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2020, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2020, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Adelaide | |
| 10 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2020, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2020, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Shrapnel Wound to Back | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2020, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 30 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2020, 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
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2020 Shoeing Smith Robert Affleck Goddard
Goddard was born on 11 April 1884 at Robe SA to Charles Henry & Harriet Elizabeth Goddard.
He enlisted at Adelaide on 9 November 1915. On enlistment he recorded his occupation as Storekeeper of Robe
SA, his mother of Robe SA as next of kin and his religion as Church of England.
Goddard embarked at Adelaide on 10 February 1916 with the 14th Reinforcements for the 3rd Light Horse
Regiment and disembarked in Egypt. He joined the 5th Divisional Ammunition Column on 21 April and appointed
Shoeing Smith on 16 May. The column arrived in France on 25 June and soon became involved in the disatrous
Battle of Fromelles in July.
At Armentieres on 8 August 1916, Goddard was wounded sustaining a shrapnel wound to the back, and before he
could rejoin his unit, he was evacuated to England with pleurisy. He didn't rejoin his unit until 18 May 1917 at
Bullecourt. The column was then involved in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, and the German Spring
Offensive and the assault on the Hindenburg Line in 1918. The 5th Divisional Ammunition Column was relieved
in October 1918 and remained out of the line until the end of the war.
Goddard returned to Australia on 16 May 1919 and discharged on 30 June. He was awarded the British War Medal
and Victory Medal.
Goddard married Constance Helen KILLICOAT at St. Peters SA on 21 May 1925.
He died at Renmark on 22 November 1944 age 60. His wife Constance, born 16 September 1884 at Redruth SA,
died at Renmark on 27 November 1963 age 79 and is buried with Arthur in the same unmarked grave. They are
both buried in the Renmark Old Cemetery, Section H, plot 113.
David Coombes