Hubert Valentine GOULD

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GOULD, Hubert Valentine

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	12 February 1915
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 15 February 1887
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Adelaide University, South Australia
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, Ebblinghem, France, 8 May 1918, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 31
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Manly War Memorial NSW, Rozelle Sydney Harbour Trust Officers and Employees Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

28 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion
12 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion
17 Mar 1915:	Involvement 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1915:	Embarked 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
3 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, BW to back and arm. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 6 December 1915 (Gallipoli).
28 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, En-route from England to Lemnos to rejoin unit at Gallipoli.
1 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Infantry Battalion, Promoted to Adjutant, 14/8/1916
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Remained at duty.
14 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Division Engineers , France
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Division Engineers , The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Lagnicourt
9 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 4th Infantry Battalion
9 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 17th Field Company RAE AMF, Promoted to Major and to command 17th Field Coy Engineers (England).
31 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Field Company Engineers
6 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Field Company Engineers, German Spring Offensive 1918, SW to back and leg sustained near Borre (Hazebrouck sector). Evacuated to 15th CCS at Ebblinghem, however died of wounds on 8 May 1918.

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Biography

Parents: Henry and Frances GOULD

Husband of Grace GOULD, 'Kanangra', Woodland Street, Manly, New South Wales

DIED OF WOUNDS.
Mrs. H. V. Gould, of Woodlands-street, Manly, has received news of the death from wounds on May 8, in France, of her husband, Major H. V. Gould. Major Gould left Australia as 2nd lieutenant in February, 1915, and served through the Gallipoli campaign up to the evacuation. He was employed in the Sydney Harbour Trust. His only brother, Captain C. H. Gould, is still on active service in France. They were well known on the Swan River, Western Australia.

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