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Walter Edwin Gooding

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Headstone, Featherston Cemetery - No known copyright restrictions

Headstone, Featherston Cemetery - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Edwin AWMM
  • Surname
    Gooding AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 32274 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1883 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Sarah Ann Gooding (mother), Cross Creek, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 November 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 32274 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of injuries sustained in a motor accident AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Sarah Ann Gooding and Jacob Gooding.

    He had only returned from the front about 3 weeks before the fatal accident. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 March 1919 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Greytown, Wellington Region AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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