GOULDEN, Ernest Samuel
Service Number: | 286 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Marong, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Marong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Wilson's Reef State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 6, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 286, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Bendigo | |
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25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 286, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 286, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
22 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 286, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 286, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 286 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 | |
7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 286, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Elizabeth Jane Goulden of Wilson's Hill, Marong, Vic.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Killed in action 7 August 1915 during the charge towards the Turkish trenches at The Nek.
He was acknowledged as a splendid and fearless horseman by those in the Marong district.
On Bendigo and Marong War Memorials.
Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p.49