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David Weir Goodwin

In memory of:

Lance Sergeant David Weir Goodwin

September 23, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

73983

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

28th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 1, 1888
Oak lake, Manitoba

Enlistment:

October 26, 1914
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of John and Margaret Goodwin, of Oak Lake, Manitoba. Wounded in mine crater at St. Eloy, and at Vimy Ridge.

Commemorated on Page 245 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 24.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of David Weir Goodwin
  • Photo of David with his sister.– David Weir Goodwin with his sister, Jessie Harvey Goodwin, taken 1911, Sovereign, Saskatchewan
  • Photo of DAVID WEIR GOODWIN– In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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