Australian Military Units

Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard, CMG, DSO, VD

Date of birth	1869-12-13	West Hackney, Middlesex, England
Other	1890	Immigrated to Australia.
Date commissioned	1899-11-30	Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Moreton Regimenht.
Other	1906 - 1915	Consul for Paraguay.
Date promoted	1913-02-11	Promoted to lieutenant and given command of the regiment.
Other	1914	Placed in charge of the Brisbane Defences when war broke out.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1915-03-16	Appointed to the AIF with the rank of lieutenant colonel and given command of the 25th Infantry Battalion.
Other units	1915-05-09	Ordered to take over the command of the 17th Infantry Battalion.
Other	1915-05-12	Took charge of the 17th Infantry Battalion on board the transport Themistocles, sailing for Egypt.
Other	1916-01-18	Admitted to hospital with a serious case of dysentry.
Other	1916-04-10	Evacuated to Australia.
Date returned to Australia	1916-05-18
Other	1916-07-16	Rejoined the AIF.
Other	1916-08-01	Departed from Melbourne on board HMAT Miltiades for London.
Other units	1916-10-13	Given command of the 35th Battalion.
Date of honour or award	1918	Mention in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his part in the action at Messines, Broodeseinde and Passchendaele.
Other units	1918-01-05 - 1918-02-18	Acting commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade.
Other units	1918-05-21	Took over command of the 9th Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted	1918-06-01	Promoted to full colonel and temporary brigadier general.
Date of honour or award	1919	Mention in Despatches and made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his part in the Bray-sur-Somme battle and the attack on the Hindenburg Line.
Other	1920-05-11	AIF appointment terminated.
Other units	1921 - 1926	Commanded the 14th Infantry Brigade and was honorary colonel of the 17th Infantry Battalion.
Other	1931	Placed on the retired list with the rank of brigadier general.
Date of death	1955-10-24