Thomas Boiville Godart1,2

#17533, (1886 - 1917)
FatherThomas Peter Godart3 (1847 - 1928)
MotherKatharine Frances Farmer3 (c 1849 - 1926)
Relationship2nd great-grandson of Peter Godart
Extended Family
ChartsPeter Godart & Mary Dowson - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
BirthThomas Boiville Godart was born in 1886 in Clapham, Surrey.3,1
 
(with Parents) 1891 CensusHe appeared on the 1891 Census of Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire with his parents. Thomas was 4 and born in Clapham, London.4 
BaptismHe was baptized on 30 Nov 1891 in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire.2 
(with Parents) 1901 CensusHe appeared on the 1901 Census of Stoke Newington CP, London with his parents. Thomas B was 14 and born in Clapham, Surrey.3 
(with Mother) 1911 CensusHe appeared on the 1911 Census of Stoke Newington RD, London with his mother. His father must have been away and Thomas signed the census form. He was 24, single, employed as an Auctioneer's Clerk, and was born in Clapham, London.5 
MilitaryHe completed his attestation for the Australian Imperial Force on 10 Aug 1914 in Woollahra, New South Wales. He was in D Coy 3rd Batt 1st Infantry Brigade. Information from papers: Thomas Boiville Godart, born in Clapham parish, London, Surrey, age 28, Auctioneer's Clerk, next-of-kin father T.P. Godart of 40 Finsbury Pk Rd, London.6 
DeathThomas died on 7 May 1917.
Thomas B Godart, Australian, Corporal in Australian Infantry 3rd Bn; Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.7,8 
Newspaper Published 21 Nov 1917 in the Sydney Morning Herald.

GODART -- Killed in action, May 7, 1917, previously reported wounded and missing, Lance-corp. Thomas B. Godart, beloved and only son of Mr and Mrs T Godart, London, and nephew of George, Frank, Mary, and Fanny Godart, of Sydney.9
 
Last Edited21 May 2013

Citations

  1. GRO Indexes to Births, 1837-1983 (http://www.ancestry.com, online images), Thomas Boiville Godart, Sep Q 1886, Wandsworth RD.
  2. LDS Church, compiler, "British Isles Vital Records Index", 2nd edition (1998), on CD.
  3. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/209 folio 80.
  4. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/1053 folio 78.
  5. 1911 Census for England & Wales, RD 11 SD 1 ED 27 Schedule 222.
  6. Website National Archives of Australia (http://www.naa.gov.au/index.aspx), digital copy online.
  7. Website Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register (http://www.cwgc.org/).
  8. Website Australian War Memorial Database, online (http://www.awm.gov.au/database/biographical.asp).
  9. Sydney Morning Herald [Australia], "Roll of Honour", Wednesday 21 November 1917, page 10. Digital image viewed at Australia National Archives Trove site.