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Sergeant Thomas Alfred Goodwin

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1888-01-20
Place of birth: Haggerston London England
Next of kin: Arthur James Goodwin (brother,) 64 MacPherson Ave., Weston, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Compressed Air Worker
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 24360
Highest Rank: Sergeant (13th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army).
  2. Sergeant, 13th Battalion, Infantry (Army). ? to 1917-04-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While with his Battalion in the attack on Vimy Ridge he was instantly killed by an enemy machine gun bullet
Awards

Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1568468
LAC ID: 422176
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3639-S040
Uploader's Notes: 13th Battalion (Quebec Regt.). Son of George Wood Cole and Mary Ann Cole, of 109, Pretoria Avenue, Walthamstow, Essex, England.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry Royal Highlanders of Canada Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 13th battalion Mentioned in Despatches & 'A' List ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-20