Ernest James Goode
1896 India - Australia

Updated October 2026

Birth and Baptism

Ernest James Goode (Male) was born on the 6th April 1896 in Madras, India.
Christened on 30 April 1896 in Secunderabad, Madras, India.
(Event Place Secunderābād, Hyderabad, Telangana, India)

Parents

Christening records as James Goode and Ethel Annie

Arrival in Australia

On board Omrah as Assisted Passengers on the Omrah that arrived in Brisbane, Queensland on the 17th December 1908 Family listed with ages: James 37 occuption Saddler, Ethel A 30, Ernest 12, Geo. W 10, Herbert 8, Dorothy 6, Theodore 5, and Helen 3.

Enlistment for the Great War - Record of Service (Petty Officers and Men) (World War 1)

GOODE ERNEST JAMES
Service Number - 2812
Date of birth - 06 Apr 1896
Place of birth - TRIMULGHERRY INDIA
Place of enlistment - Unknown
Next of Kin - GOODE JAMES
Entered Royal Austrlaian Navy (RAN) 5th April 1913.

Australia, New South Wales Gazatte 1914 Article

Deserters from His Majesty's Service.
On the 25th May, 1914.
Ernest James Goode, ordinary seaman, born in India, 18 years of age, 5 feet 7 3/4 inches high, brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion (scar over left eye). From H.M.A.S. “Cerberus,’’ at Melbourne.

References

India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947 Volumes 79-80
"India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG3R-J4F : Wed Oct 14 18:57:56 UTC 2026), Ernest James Goode, 30 April 1896.
Passenger Arrival List Omrah 1908 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
GOODE ERNEST JAMES : Service Number - 2812 : Date of birth - 06 Apr 1896 : Place of birth - TRIMULGHERRY INDIA : Place of enlistment - Unknown : Next of Kin - GOODE JAMES
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4423846&S=1&R=0
Deserters from His Majesty's Service. (1914, June 10). New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), p. 276. Retrieved October 29, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251645864


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