The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Godfrey
- First Name:
- Richard Edward
- Nick Name:
- Teddy
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX7606
- Classification:
- Batman/Runner
- Company:
- 'C' Company - moved 'E' Coy, SRB
- Enlisted:
- 10.08.1940
- DOB:
- 5.11.1919
- Place of Birth:
- Perth, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Frederick James Godfrey
- Mothers's Name:
- Alice Marguerite Godfrey (nee Ainsworth)
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Farmhand
- Memorial:
- Epitaph, Singapore Memorial, Column 136, Age 22.
- Cause of Death:
- Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
- South-West Bukit Timah
- Date of Death:
- 11.02.1942
General Description
Soldier was killed by a Japanese patrol whilst fetching water for Lieutenant V. Warhurst following his wounding at South-West Bukit Timah. Soldier had been transferred to ‘E’ Coy Headquarters, Special Reserve Battalion from ‘C’ Company No. 10 Platoon as Lieutenant Warhurst’s Batman.
Teddy Godfrey’s parents Frederick James Godfrey and Alice Marguerite Ainsworth married 1914 in Perth. Teddy had two sisters Christina and Joan. Frederick Godfrey enlisted and went away with WW1 troops returning in May 1918 and the couple moved to Koorda to live. Alice filed for divorce from her husband in 1921. She remarried about 1922 to Percival Robinson. There were further children from this marriage Patricia and a step-brother Walter Robinson. Teddy recorded his NOK as Percival Robinson, his stepfather.
Ted’s natural father Frederick Godfrey died in 1930 at Northam.
Teddy Godfrey’s name is included amongst the men of Quairading District WW2 Memorial
