Goodall, Richard Andrew “Dick”
Birth Year:
1923
Death Year:
1997
Spouse(s):
Joan Katherine (Shepherd) Goodall
Richard “Dick” Goodall was born on March 26, 1923 in Merritt, BC. He married Joan Katherine Shepherd. He died on December 15, 1997 in Oliver, BC.
Dick Goodall (of Merritt) joined the Princeton staff of the B.C. Telephone Company in November 1941.
He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at a Mobile Recruiting Unit in Princeton along with sixteen others in September 1942. He was enrolled in the Elk’s Smoke Fund (March 1944) and wrote a letter of thanks in August 1944. At that time, he was serving as a sergeant.
References:
Death registration (BC Archives); Princeton Our Valley, page 1; Similkameen Star, November 13, 1941, page 4; September 3, 1942, page 4; March 3, 1944, page 1; August 10, 1944, page 1