PDF
« Previous

Goddard , Eric Sydney (E S)

Next »
Photo of Goddard Photo of Goddard
Identity
Person No.
30476
Old ROH no.
34816
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Goddard 4
First Name
Eric Sydney
Initials
E S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1904 (±1 yr) 175
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
10 March 1922 202
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, during Rand Revolt, at Dunswart
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Transvaal Scottish 221
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
2 South African Infantry Battalion 10
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY 455
Grave Reference
Transvaal Scottish Coll. Grave Gen 5631 1
Coordinates
-26.19806, 28.01538 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
72 Motorised Brigade
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes

Son of Mrs. W. Goddard, of Germiston. Born Kimberley. An apprentice upholsterer

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 83599704BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "GOBEY, DERRICK" (CPL, Sterf 06 12 88), matching PersonNumber 30475 (Gobey, DateDeath 1988-12-06) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "83599704BG". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories

No stories have been added yet.

Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.