Oldham-born Frederick Goodier arrived in Perth with his parents and older sister in mid-1913. The family settled in Welshpool and Frederick Goodier, a butcher by trade, had to look no further than the neighbouring suburb of Queens Park to play football.
At the conclusion of the 1915 season he enlisted in the 16th Battalion, serving as a Private. Soon after arriving in Egypt, Frederick Goodier was admitted to the 4th Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, with a mild case of mumps. Two further periods in hospital followed while in France; a week in 1916 suffering shellshock and three weeks early the following year due to Venereal Disease.
He returned to Australia in February 1919. Frederick Goodier married Ada Margieson in Oldham, England, in June 1921. The couple relocated to Western Australia five years later to live in the inner city suburb of Victoria Park. Frederick Goodier enlisted for a second time in March 1942 and, although promoted from Private to Lieutenant Sergeant, requested his discharge little over 18 months later.
Frederick Goodier passed away in 1981 at the age of 83.
It’s interesting to note Frederick’s WW2 file notes his ‘Absence without leave’; however, it also contains a note where he asserts he sought his discharge.