James GOODWIN

GOODWIN, James

    Service Number: 820
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
    Born: Wellingrove, New South Wales, Australia, 1876
    Home Town: Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Bronte, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., 28 May 1915, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales
    Plot: W-17-RC-SP-804
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 820, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
    18 Feb 1902: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 820, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Sydney 18 Feb 1902 aboard Custodian.
    19 Aug 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 820, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    James Goodwin served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service as a Private S.N. 68 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second service as a Private S.N. 820 in the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.

    He was born in 1876 in the Wellingrve District near Glen Innes, NSW, a sone to James and Catherine Goodwin.

    (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468 & 524; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 2nd service).

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