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Mar 7, 1895
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Born in Kingston, Ontario to
James and Agnes (nee Scouton) Godwin
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Jun 8, 1915
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Attested into the 59th
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 454432
Ø Next of kin given
as James Godwin, father, 79 Quebec St., Kingston, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation
given as Bank Clerk
Ø Previous military
experience given as 3 years in Army Medical Corps with rank of Corporal
Ø Religion given as
Anglican
Ø Posted to “C”
Company
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Jun 15, 1915
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Appointed to the provisional
rank of Corporal
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Jul 8, 1915
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Admitted to the Queen Street
Military Hospital in Kingston with a diagnosis that reads Varicocele
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Aug 4, 1915
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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Apr 1, 1916
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Embarked the SS Olympic in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Apr 11, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool,
England and proceeded to the Bordon Camp
Appointed to the provisional
rank of Lance Sergeant
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Apr 26, 1916
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Proceeded on NCO’s course at
the Military School in Bramshott
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Apr 29, 1916
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Rejoined the battalion from
course
Admitted to the Military
Hospital in Bramshott with a diagnosis that reads Influenza
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May 23, 1916
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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Jul 3, 1916
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Proceeded to the PT & BF
(Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting) at the Garrison Gym
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Jul 6, 1916
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Transferred to the 39th
Reserve Battalion in West Sandling
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Aug 27, 1916
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Reverted to the rank of
Private and transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Aug 28, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian
Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France and Taken On Strength of the
21st Battalion
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Aug 29, 1916
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Admitted to the No. 7 Canadian
Stationary Hospital in Havre with a diagnosis that reads NYD (Not Yet
Determined). This was then changed to
read Hernia
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Sep 1, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Lanfranc without ever physically joining the 21st
Battalion
On arrival in England, he was
admitted to the Grouped Auxiliary Hospital in Exeter
Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Sep 5, 1916
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Surgery performed to repair
his hernia
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Oct 12, 1916
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Transferred to the Military
Convalescent Hospital in Shorncliffe
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Oct 13, 1916
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Discharged from hospital and
reported to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre for light duty
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Oct 14, 1916
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Medical Board recommends that
he will be fit for full duty after 6 weeks of Physical Training
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Oct 17, 1916
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Attached to the 2nd
CCD (Canadian Command Depot) for Physical Training
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Oct 31, 1916
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Attached to the 1st
CCTB (Canadian Corps Training Battalion) and posted to the Headquarters
Company for duty in Shoreham
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Nov 14, 1916
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Appointed to the rank of
Acting Sergeant while employed in the QM (Quartermaster) Stores
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Feb 18, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian
Casualty Assembly Centre in Hastings
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Mar 14, 1917
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Transferred to the newly
formed EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot)
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May 1, 1917
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Transferred to the 2nd
Canadian Command Depot in Hastings
To receive working pay as a
Clerk
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Jul 17, 1917
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Transferred to the COC
(Canadian Ordnance Corps) and attached to the Quartermaster Section at the
Oxford Circus House, London
Ceased to draw Clerk’s pay
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Aug 22, 1917
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While inspecting a hospital in
Ramsgate with Captain James Sutherland, a German Gotha bombed the hospital
they were inspecting, killing 2 men and injuring several others. Sergeant Godwin was not injured.
Note, Captain Sutherland was
an acclaimed hockey player and the future founder of the International Hockey
Hall of Fame in Kingston, Ontario
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Sep 2, 1917
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Posted to the Argyll House in
London
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Sep 7, 1917
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Attached for duty with the OID
(Ordnance Inspection Depot) in Shorncliffe
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Sep 27, 1917
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Ceased to be attached to
Ramsgate
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Nov 1, 1917
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Attached to the No. 5
Detachment Canadian Ordnance Corps and posted to the No. 2 Hospital Area in
Buxton for duty
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Nov 13, 1917
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Ceased to be attached to
Buxton area and returned to the inspection department
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Feb 4, 1918
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To receive pay as
Sergeant-Clerk while employed at the Ordnance Inspection Department
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Aug 13, 1918
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Transferred to the
Quartermaster General’s Inspection Department in London
To receive pay for the rank of
Acting Staff Sergeant-Clerk
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Nov 29, 1919
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Transferred to the No. 2 CDD
(Canadian Discharge Depot) in London pending return to Canada
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Dec 13, 1919
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Embarked the SS Orduna in
Liverpool
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Dec 22, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
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Dec 25, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Ø Rank on discharge
Staff Sergeant
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued number 407435
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge 79 Quebec St., Kingston, Ontario
Following his discharge, the
British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 109 Alfred Street,
Kingston, Ontario
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Nov 17, 1920
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Married to Mona Pyle in
Kingston, Ontario
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Jan 31, 1959
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Harold Albert Godwin died
while a patient of the Kingston General Hospital and was buried in the
Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston
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