Erdington Goodwin

Forenames

Erdington AWMM

Surname

Goodwin AWMM

Service number

• 1433 AWMM
• 16/1326 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

23 May 1880 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of William & Angelina GOODWIN

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Address before enlistment

• Pre 15 Mar 1900 AWMM Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Pre 12 Jul 1915 AWMM Claudelands, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Elizabeth Goodwin (mother), Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs A.V. Goodwin (wife), O'Neill Street, Claudelands, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Alice Vera Goodwin (wife), O'Neill Street, Claudelands, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 16 Oct 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
  Married, 3 children AWMM
• husband of Alice Vera GOODWIN nee' Latimer
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War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 1433 AWMM
• 16/1326 AWMM

Military service

• New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
• Auckland Regiment AWMM
• New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa 15 Mar 1900 AWMM Chemist/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 12 Jul 1915 AWMM Independent/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 Vessel was Navua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM A Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
• WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 44 AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 4th Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 4th Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 66 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 18th Reinforcements, Specialist Machine-Gun Section AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• Pre WW1 Completion of term of service AWMM
  Private AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 4th Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM
• WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

Husband of Alice Vera nee Lattimer (married 10 February 1910, she is related to the Hanna family); father of Lila (b 18 September 1910), Ethel Crawford Kathleen (b 3 April 1912), and Margaret (b 26 January 1915)

After the South African War he considered work with the Railways in Africa

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Father was named William Goodwin.

SuppNom: Ex 3rd Maori Contingent.

Next of Kin: Mrs A. V. Goodwin, Greenlane, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

28 Aug 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

• Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Commercourt British Cemetery AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM

Memorial name

• Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524525
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16787203
  Further Reference
• Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC080/searchnominal.htm
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
  https://www.cwgc.org/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  25: 1
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 17
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1918, Third term. pp.13-14.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.