Name/Title'Dead Man's Penny' of Pte Alfred Robert Godden
About this objectBronze metal round plaque with a raised roman figure standing behind a lion on the front, with "HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR" around the edge of the plaque and in the centre left of the plaque in a rectangular border is the name 'ALFRED ROBERT/GODDEN'.
The plaque is mounted in a cardboard square frame.
Additional Information
Alfred Robert Godden, Regimental number: 1659
From Lithgow NSW, and a labourer.
Enlisted in the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces on the 12 February 1916.
Unit name: 53rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement. Rank: Private
Unit embarked from Sydney NSW on the HMAT A40 'Ceramic' on 14 April 1916.
Was killed in action on the 10 April 1918 on the Western Front, and he was buried at Villers-Bretonneaux Communal Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 5), France.
Awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Brother: 1661 Pte Albert Edward Godden, 53rd Battalion, who returned to Australia on the 23rd September 1918.
PeriodWorld War 1
Medium and MaterialsBrass
Cardboard
Subject and Association KeywordsAustralian Military Forces
Subject and Association KeywordsCommemorative Materials
