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GOLDSWORTHY, Roy James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1727 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Exeter Semaphore Uniting Church (fmly Wesleyan) Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler War Memorial, Gladstone Memorial Fountain, Gladstone Town and District WW1 Honour Roll, Gladstone War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1727, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1727, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1727, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1727 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
THE LATE PRIVATE R. J. GOLDSWORTHY.
Information has been received by Mr. and Mrs. N. Goldsworthy, late of Gawler, and now residing at Hall-street, Semaphore, that their eldest son, Private Roy James Goldsworthy, 48th Battalion, previously reported missing, has been killed in action. Prior to enlisting, he was relieving post-master at Gladstone. He was 23 years of age last December, and was highly respected. His brother is serving in France.
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