Sir John Goodwin  KCB, KCMG, DSO
14th Governor of Queensland
In office 13 July 1927 – 7 April 1932
Monarch	King George V
Preceded by	Sir Matthew Nathan
Succeeded by	Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
Born	24 May 1871(1871-05-24) Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Died	29 September 1960 (aged 89) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Lilian Isabel Ronaldson
Profession	Military doctor

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin KCB, KCMG, DSO (24 May 1871 – 29 September 1960), known as Sir John Goodwin, was a British soldier and medical practitioner, who served as the Governor of the Australian state of Queensland between 1927 and 1932.

Goodwin was born in 1871 in Kandy, Ceylon to a British Army surgeon father and an Australian mother. He was educated in England at Newton College, Devon, and undetook medical training at St Mary's Hospital, London where he graduated with a Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.) and Royal College of Physicians (L.R.C.P.) in 1891.^[1]

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 awarded to the Distinguished Service Order.^[1]

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Goodwin served as Governor of Queensland from 13 July 1927 to 7 April 1932.

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