Wilford GOLDTHORPE

GOLDTHORPE, Wilford

    Service Number: 1129
    Enlisted: 12 January 1916
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Upper Horton, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1897
    Home Town: Bingara, New England, New South Wales
    Schooling: Upper Horton, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Farm Labour
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 24 June 1918, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Aubigny British Cemetery
    Row D, Grave No. 17, Aubigny British Cemetery, Aubigny, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 33rd Infantry Battalion
    4 May 1916: Involvement Private, 1129, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
    4 May 1916: Embarked Private, 1129, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
    24 Jun 1918: Involvement Lance Corporal, 1129, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1129 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-24

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    Outdoor group portrait of six 33rd Battalion soldiers. Identified,
    back row from left:
    1129 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Wilford "Bill" Goldthorpe, killed in action on 24 June 1918, France;
    1314 Private (Pte) Donald Norman Youman;
    unidentified.
    Front row:
    1165 Pte Alec Stanley Jackson;
    1286 LCpl Leslie William Youman, killed in action on 14 April 1918, France;
    1167 Pte Colin Maxwell Jackson.

    Submitted 31 March 2015 by Barry Godthorpe

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    Biography

    Son of Charles and Annie Goldthorpe of Upper Horton NSW Australia.

    Only 18 and 3 months when he enlisted at Bingara.

     

    His brother Henry also served and returned home.

    Wilfords youngest brother Arthur Goldthorpe was to young to enlist, he was my grandfather.

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