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| Surname | | GOODSELL |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Isaac |
| Regimental Number | | 82 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | New South Wales Army Medical Corps |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: killed or died on service.
Source:# 71 born 1878 Milton NSW died 6.6.1900 at Bloemfontein.
B5204: constable Queen's South Africa Medal and 3 clasps (Paard. Drief. & CC).
Source:# 1096 from Police Force 82.
Source:# 1286 Isaac GOODSELL listed on Bega NSW Boer War Memorial.
Cobargo Chron.: We regret to hear [c6.1900] that Isaac 'Ike' GOODSELL has died in S. Africa from the deadly scourge enteric fever. The deceased was a great favorite in Cobargo and if not a native of Dry River was an almost life long resident of that district. Perhaps it was in connection with cricket that Ike was best known. As a wicket keeper he stood in the very front rank and he was also a useful batsman. He went to Sydney about 18 months ago [c1.1899] and joined the police force where he was at once recognised as a likely man. When war broke out in S. Africa he soon volunteered and was attached to the Ambulance Corps. Physically he was a fine stamp of Australian and, possessing a most affable [?dis] position, it is not surprising that he had a long list of friends who will be deeply sorry to hear of his early death.
Bega Star: death of Pte. I GOODSELL, another Bega district lad has succumbed to the terrible ravages of enteric fever in S. Africa, the victim being Pte. Isaac GOODSELL of Quaama. About 18 months ago he went to Sydney and enlisted in the Police Force. When war broke out in S. Africa he was one of the first to volunteer for service and went away with the first batch as a member of the NSW Army Medical Corps. But like many another of Australia's valiant sons he was destined never again to see his native land which he so readily left to fight the battle of the Mother Country. Poor GOODSELL was well known throughout the district and it is not much more than 18 months ago since he played with the Cobargo District Cricket Association against the Local Association. As a cricketer he carried some repute as a wicket keeper and in that capacity rendered yeoman service for the Dry River team with which he played. GOODSELL's people resided at Quaama for years and he himself was born and reared there. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved relatives in their irreparable loss. The relatives of the deceased soldiers, the late Ptes. W ABRAHAMS, WJ KIRKLAND, I GOODSELL and A FULTON, are to receive [c6.1901] the war medals that would have otherwise gone to these ill fated soldiers.
URL1: Bega War Memorial unveiled c9.1905, J GOODSELL amongst those from the District who died of enteric.
URL3: Trooper GOODSELL, of the Katoomba police force, has received a letter from his brother, who went to South Africa with the Army Medical Corps. The letter was written from Bloemfonteln on April 29. The writer had been down with enteric
fever, and was not thoroughly convalescent at date, but was on the road to recovery. Among other things, he says — "It is something terrible here in Bloemfontein; the town is nothing else but hospitals. There are nearly 3000 enteric cases here, and scores dying every day. Instead of digging graves, as they did at the start, they are digging trenches. But, thank God, I am over
it all. I would not advise you to come over here." Further, he states that he was at Kimberley for a couple of days after the relief, and found it "a very nice town."
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 21 203
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 71
B5204: National Archives of Australia series B5204
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 158
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1096
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1286
Cobargo Chron.: Cobargo Chronicle newspaper date(s) 15.6.1900
Bega Star: Bega Southern Star newspaper date(s) 16.6.1900 & 8.6.1901
Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 6.9.1905
Sydney Tel.: Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper date(s) 2.6.1900
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71534256 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237324001 |
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