Arthur James GOODWILL

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GOODWILL, Arthur James

Service Number:	5698
Enlisted:	14 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Longwarry, Victoria, Australia, 2 November 1885
Home Town:	Moe, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Warrnambool, Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1957, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5698, 5th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5698, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5698, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
28 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5698, 5th Infantry Battalion, GSW - eye and thigh
12 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5698, 5th Infantry Battalion, per HT Port Darwin
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5698, 5th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

James, known as Arthur, was the second of eleven children of Francis (Frank) Goodwill (born 1852 in Yorkshire, England) and Ellen Crole (born 1862 in Melbourne, Victoria). Frank, a Farmer, and Ellen married in 1882 at Longwarry in Victoria, and raised their family in the Gippsland Region. Arthur was one of three sons to serve in WWI - Albert (Service No:5023) and William (Service No:2119) also served.

Arthur was a Labourer when he enlisted in the AIF in February 1916 as a Private (Service No:5698) with 5 Infantry Battalion. He was WIA at Boulogne in France in October 1917 (Shell Wounds to his eye, arm and leg) and was Discharged in July 1919. Brother Albert was KIA in March 1917.

Returning to Gippsland, Arthur was a Farmer at Lardner in Warragul, and in 1929 married Julia Rebecca May Gregory (born 1886 at Lardner in Victoria). Arthur and Julia raised their family at Lardner, where Arthur was a Farmer until his death in 1957. Julia died in 1972. - ^{Courtesy - Chris Buckley}

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