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Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 7-11-94, (Birth Registry) born Elmira, Ontario. 5 foot 6 3/4 inches. Greenish-grey eyes, brown. Presbyterian. NOK George Gooding, father. Kate Gooding, mother. Enlisted Guelph 4-12-15 (age 20 years 1 month). On 153rd Nominal Roll 5-2-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16. Not listed on 153rd Nominal Roll published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion, 29-3-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Olympic 8-7-19, Halifax, N.S. Demobilized London 1-7-19. Immigrated 27-1-23 at Detroit, MI, USA. 1940 U.S. Census, Port Huron, St Clair, MI: Gordon Gooding, naturalized citizen, laborer, city maintenance, wife Margaret, no children listed. Michigan Death Index: died 24-1-88, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan. Headstone photo courtesy Find a Grave. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3603 - 20, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. |