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GODSELL , James Richard
(Service number 24890)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13 June 1890	Place of Birth	Auckland

Enlistment Information

Date	11 February 1916	Age	25 Years 5 months
Address at Enlistment	Halswell, Christchurch
Occupation	Farm manager
Previous Military Experience	Volunteers (Geraldine) 3 years
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs J. P. McKEOWN (sister), Putarua Street, Wellington
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	14th Reinforcements, I.M.R. Squadron (Attached N.Z.M.R.)
Date	10 July 1916
Transport	Waihora
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	& December 1918	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
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Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Richard GODSELL was the son of John and Margaret Eleanor (nee MEAGHER) GODSELL.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 September 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0045473) [01 July 2014]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [September 2013]; New Zealand Herald, 5 & 6 August 1897, Oamaru Mail, 5 October 1897, Press, 21 December 1910, New Zealand Tablet, 12 February 1914, Timaru Herald, 3 May 1916, 13 July 1918, Temuka Leader, 11 November 1919 (Papers Past) [26 September 2013; 05, 06 & 14 July 2017]

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