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Gordon Powell Goode
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Last NameGoodeFirst NameGordonMiddle NamePowellUnique IDUA-00025472Date of Birth22 January 1886Date of Death16 October 1915Biography
Born on 22 January 1886 in Port Pirie, South Australia. Son of Wiliam and Marion (nee Jones) Goode of Union Bank, 71 Cornhill, London, England. Brother of William Ernest Goode, Henry Edward Goode, Helen Marion Goode, Samuel Walter Goode, Alfred Britten Goode, Myra Elizabeth Goode, Nita Frances Goode, Clive Goode, Grant Jones Goode, Muriel Gertrude Goode and Eric Rolfe Goode who was killed in action on the 27th April 1915 while serving with the 10th Battalion and has no known grave.
Attended Prince Alfred College and commenced studies in psychology at the University of Adelaide in 1911.
Played for the Adelaide University Football Club and the Intervarsity Tennis Team, 1911.
Enlisted in October 1914. Died of illness in Alexandria, Egypt on 16 October 1915.
Awarded the Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, 1914-1915.
Biographical SourceTaken from Virtual War Memorial Australia - https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/195780 - Accessed 20 February 2021