Preceded by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG PC |
14th Governor of Queensland 13th July 1927 to 7th April 1932 |
Succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Leslie Orme Wilson GCSI GCMG GCIE DSO PC |
Lieutenant General the Honourable Sir Thomas Goodwin KCB KCMG DSO, known as Sir John Goodwin, was a British soldier and medical practitioner who served as Director General, Army Medical Services from 1918 to 1923 and Governor of Queensland from 1927 to 1932. He took particular interest in wild-life preservation, the health of Europeans in the tropics, and eye disease, especially among children.
Sir John Goodwin, 1918 |
Born Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin on 24th May 1871 at Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), John was the eldest son of Surgeon Major John Kilealy Goodwin and his wife, Melbourne-born Marion Agnes Power. He was educated in England at Newton College, Devon, and undertook medical training at St Mary's Hospital, London where he graduated with a Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) and Royal College of Physicians (LRCP) in 1891. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the British Army Medical Department, Goodwin was stationed in India where he saw active service on the North-West Frontier from 1897 to 1898 and was appointed Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).
On 29th December 1897 at Simla, India, he married Lilian Isabel Ronaldson. They did not have any children.
In 1902, back in Britain, he worked as a medical officer at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; returning to India in 1906-11 as surgical specialist to Western Command.
From 1914 Goodwin served in France during The Great War. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1915. He was Mentioned in Despatches three times during the war. He accompanied the Balfour Mission to the United States of America in 1917 as Assistant Director, Medical Services. Returning to the War Office in January 1918, he was appointed Director General, Army Medical Services in June. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1918 in recognition of his service. In 1919 he was created Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). Still aged just 52 years but having gone as far as he could in the military, Goodwin went onto the retired list as Lieutenant General in July 1923 after serving as honorary surgeon to the King.
He wrote and published Medical and Surgical Therapy before 1923.[1]
LT GEN Sir John Goodwin, 1927 |
Goodwin served as Governor of Queensland from 13th July 1927. He and Lady Goodwin travelled extensively and took a lively interest in the welfare of British migrants. They were interested in wild-life preservation and enjoyed inspecting rural industries. Goodwin took a professional interest in the health of Europeans in the tropics and in the campaign against eye disease in western Queensland, especially among children. Goodwin's quiet term of office expired on 7th April 1932, when he and Lady Goodwin returned to England. He was created Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1932, in recognition of his vice-regal service.
Sir John is commemorated in Queensland through the annual awarding of The Sir John Goodwin Cup for overall champion school in the Great Public Schools (GPS) Track and Field Championships.[2]
Goodwin was also awarded many foreign honours and honorary degrees.
Goodwin passed away, aged 89 years, on 29th September 1960 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.[3] Lady Goodwin passed away in July the following year.
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