Ernest Samuel GOULDEN

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Service Number:	286
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

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 286, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Bendigo
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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Son of John and Elizabeth Jane Goulden of Wilson's Hill, Marong, Vic.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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