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GOLDSBROUGH, Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2172 |
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Enlisted: | 21 March 1916, Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Manly Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Ironmonger |
Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 16 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2172, 56th Infantry Battalion, Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney | |
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4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2172, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2172, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Roy GOLDSBROUGH was born in Gladesville, Sydney in 1896
His parents were William Frederick Callaghan GOLDSBROUGH & Emma Louisa INMAN