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Goode-L-J-Pte-353

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 8 years, 9 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

353 Private Leslie John Goode, prior to embarkation in May 1915.  Courtesy of Olive Gilham.

 

Goode L J     Pte    353    Leslie John              23 Inf Bn    26    Fireman on railways    Single    C of E       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Browning St, 4   

Next of Kin:    Goode, K E, Mrs, mother, 4 Browning St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    20 Feb 1915       

Embarked:     A14 Euripides 10 May 1915  

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Latchford-E-W-Lt  future brother-in-law

 

Letters from Leslie Goode to his sister Ethel, 1915-1916

 

Goode-L-J-Letters-from-Heliopolis

Goode-L-J-Letters-from-Lemnos

Goode-L-J-Letters-from-Gallipoli

Goode-L-J-Letters-after-Evacuation

 

Letters are courtesy of Valerie Johnson and Janice Stoll.

 

 

Leslie Goode pictured here in the Maori Hill  Association Football  Club which won the premiership convincingly in 1906. Les is in the middle row, fifth from the left.  Courtesy of Olive Gilham.

 

Les Goode as a 16 year old soccer player.  Courtesy of Olive Gilham

 

All Australia Memorial, p 65

 

"GOODE, L J, Pte, No 353 "B" Coy, 23rd Batt;  s of Mrs J M Goode, 4 Browning St,

Moonee Ponds, b at Malvern, Sept 23 1888; educ Ascot Vale SS; fireman, Victorian

Railways; enl Melb, Feb 20, 1915. War service:  Egypt;  on board HMT "Southland"

when torpedoed; Gallipoli (Evacuation); dis. med unfit Aug 12, 1916".

All-Australian Memorial, p 65.

 

The Southland taking troops of the 21st and 23rd Battalions to Gallipoli was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea near the island of Lemnos on 2 September 1915.  Les was admitted to hospital on Mudros with a contusion of the leg, which he presumably acquired during the attempt to escape the damaged ship by lifeboat.  His friend Harry Grimes was reported to have been picked up at sea suffering from shock and contusions.   It was not until 12 October that Les finally arrived at Gallipoli.

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Ascot Vale Presbyterian Church

Ascot Vale State School (Good L)

Ascot Vale School Honour Roll

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

Welcome Home 7 Nov 1918

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