GOLLAN, Sylvester James
| Other Name: | Cook, Sylvester James - Service Records |
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| Service Numbers: | 3908, 4051 |
| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tighs Hill Government School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Durrumbul Main Arm Public School Honor Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3908, Depot Battalion (AIF), Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4051, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4051, 1st Infantry Battalion, Re-attested at Sea on board R.M.S. "Mooltan" | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4051, 1st Infantry Battalion, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4051, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Royal George" | |
| 28 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4051, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4051, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Sylvester James Gollan
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 19th July 1916, Private Sylvester James Gollan, referred to as Jim, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-4051), railways labourer from 4 Tighes Terrace, Tighes Hill, New South Wales, was Killed in Action by a high explosive shell during the Battle of Fromelles, age 21.
Born at Muswellbrook, New South Wales on the 15th June 1895 to John Allen (John James or Jack, died 15.8.1924, Bellingen, N.S.W., age 57, laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the Sunday of the 17.8.1924, no funeral or death notice located) and Catherine (Kate) Theresa Gollan nee Dolahenty (died 9.9.1942, Rockdale, N.S.W., mother of 7, age 70) of Victoria Street, Taree, New South Wales, Jim enlisted on the 27th August 1915 with the 1st Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Mr. Gollan’s name has also been inscribed on the Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1), Durrumbul Main Arm Public School Honor Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
I have placed poppies at the Gollan memorialised gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their son Jim for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 1-29. 55.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Lest We Forget.
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