The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Lance Corporal George Goodwin |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: George Taylor Goodwin
Ancestor's date of birth: 1878
Ancestor's date of death: 1951
Cause of Death: Stomach Cancer
Service Number: 1876
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane
Unit: 3 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: LCPL, Date Effective: Detail not available
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not available
Murray Page: 528
Contingent: Second Australian Contingent
Ship: Englishman Date of Sailing: 25/03/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA 1902 clasps. Natal Medal 1906 with Clasp.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: He had resigned his job in the Union Bank in Brisbane. As both parents had died and his brother had gone to the Boer War twice, John Goodwin.
Details of service in war: Unit did not see action, but did patrol hostile areas in the Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: He stayed in South Africa and fought in the Dinizulu Rebellion in 1906 where he was awarded the Natal Medal with clasp. He was a SQMS in Roystons Horse Regiment, returning to Australia in 1909.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Marguerite Andrews, Indooroopilly QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
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