Walter Frederick Goswell

1897 - 1950  (53 years)

• Name	Walter Frederick Goswell
  Born	1897	Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	birth rec no 97 37026
  Occupation	lost one leg during war
  Occupation	1915
  	Shop boy, Loco Works, Eveleigh
  Residence	1915	Ovietti, Wickham St, Arncliffe
  _MILT	30 Sep 1915
  	Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
  Residence	30 May 1940	13 Rowe St, St Peters
  _MILT	SERN 3776
  Died	18 Oct 1950
  Buried	unmarried
  Person ID	I222	The Goswell Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Walter Frederick Goswell,   b. 15 Apr 1867, Kensington, London, England ,   d. 21 Oct 1919, Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Sydney, Australia  (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Charlotte Rundle Search,   b. 6 Aug 1870, Farmworth, Mullaley, NSW, Australia ,   d. 6 Oct 1949, Belfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	24 Sep 1894	Waverley, Sydney, NSW
  Family ID	F100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 30 May 1940 - 13 Rowe St, St Peters  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  At age 18 was a shop boy living at "Orvieto", Wickham St, Arncliffe, NSW, with his father Walter F Goswell Enlisted on 30th September 1915 to join the 38th infantry battalion Service Number: 3776 Rank: Private Roll title: 2 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 12 Reinforcements (December 1914 - December 1915) Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918 Date of embarkation: 30 December 1915 Place of embarkation: Sydney Ship embarked on: HMAT Medic A7 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 2nd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/19/2 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Machine Gun Battalion Fate Returned to Australia 12 May 1919 Served in the Citizen Military Force (Army Reserves) 38th Infantry later enlisted. Enlisting medical states he was 5'4 1/4"tall and weighed 114lbs Complexion fair, eyes blue, hair brown Denomination C of E Joined the 12 Reinforcemnt, 2nd Battalion Served as a machine gun boy Embarked overseas on 22/3/1916 on the Alexandria To France on 1/7/1916 To Belgium on 3/9/1916 AWOL on 20/11/1916 to France on 12/12/1916 Returned to Australia on the Soudan on 12/5/1919