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Erdington Goodwin

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Erdington AWMM
  • Surname
    Goodwin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 1433 AWMM
    • 16/1326 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 May 1880 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 15 March 1900 AWMM Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 12 July 1915 AWMM Claudelands, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • 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 5 February 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 16 October 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
      Married, 3 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 August 1918 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
    • Commercourt British Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • 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

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  • Erdington Goodwin's name appears on the Komgha WWI Memorial in the Komgha Memorial Library, Eastern Cape. Apparently he stayed in South Africa after the Anglo Boer War and worked on the railways. (I have a photo but don't seem able to upload it.)
    Public - Kevin Michael - Researcher - 25 May 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      25: 1 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      43: 17 AWMM
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      1918, Third term. pp.13-14. AWMM
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      Obituary: Third Term, 1918 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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25 May 2022Kevin MichaelDurban, South Africa.Researcher

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