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GOODHAND, Fred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6270 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Lincolnshire, England., 1884 |
| Home Town: | Gnowangerup, Gnowangerup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Fred is officially commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6270, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6270, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Fred Goodhand, the son of Henry and the late Elizabeth Goodhand of Riby enlisted on the 6th April 1916 as Private 6270 in the 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was killed in action in France aged 32 on the 11th April 1917 and is officially commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France. He is also commemorated in the village of Riby, Lincolnshire where his parents lived.
Births Dec 1884 Goodhand Fred Glanford B. 7a 694
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