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Military service
Service number:
442385
Age:
40
Rank:
Armourer Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Death:
October 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. P. 11.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Goodwin, of 1325, Cumberland St., East Burnaby, British Columbia.
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William Henry Goodwin was born on the 24th of January, 1877 in Buckingham, Quebec. He was a blacksmith by trade and resided in Nelson, British Columbia when he joined the 54th Kootenay Battalion in May of 1915. He arrived in England on the 2nd of December 1915 via the S.S Saxonia. Father to George, Grand-father to Edward and Leslie Brian, Great-grandfather to David and Christine, and Great-great grandfather of Cameron Allan and Jason Brian Goodwin. William was killed in action at Regina Trench on October 15th, 1916. We do not forget.
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Armourer Corporal William Henry Goodwin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 93 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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