GOODCHILD, Joseph
| Service Number: | 192 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 17 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Hemmant, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Western Australia, Australia, 14 June 1955, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Midland Cemetery Plot: Baptist-E-0074 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 192 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 192, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 192, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Joseph Goodchild enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. Alice Goodchild, Hemmant. In the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 6th QIB, p. 196, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. A. Goodchild, Hemmant.
Joseph Goodchild (also recorded as Joseph Franklin Goodchild) was born on 17 Jan 1882 in Queensland, a son to Jacob Goodchild and Alice Goodchild (nee Franklin). By early 1900s he had relocated to Western Australia where he married for the first time to Josephine Clark in 1907. They had 2 children before Josephine passed in 1936. He then married a second time to Martha Agnes Caple in 1944 in Western Australia.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murra p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 196)
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