GOLDSWORTHY, Gordon
| Service Number: | 1909 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Casula, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campsie, New South Wales, 10 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Kogarah, New South Wales, 25 February 1943, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1909, Casula, New South Wales | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1909, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1909, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1909, 57th Infantry Battalion |
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"...1909 Private (Pte) Gordon Goldsworthy, 59th Battalion. A storeman from Campsie, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Goldsworthy embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916. Later serving with the 57th Battalion, he returned to Australia on 5 August 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"GOLDSWORTHY.- February 25th, 1943 at St George District Hospital, Gordon, loving husband of Nellie May Goldsworthy, of 180 Belmore Road, Blakehurst, and loving father of Gordon, Jean, Mavis, and Margaret aged 45 years." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 26 Feb 1943 (nla.gov.au)
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