GOLDBERG, Isidore Clement
| Service Number: | 27487 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 27487, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 27487, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Borda, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Pollock
27487 Gunner Isidore Clement Goldberg of Temora, New South Wales and Windsor, Victoria, had been employed as a clerk and was aged 22 on his enlistment for War Service with the 1st AIF on 29 March 1916.
Accepted for full time duty, GNR GOLDBERG was allocated to reinforcements for the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, and was embarked on His Majestys Australian Troopship ‘Borda’ on 20 October 1916 for further training in England.
Following his arrival in England on 10 January 1917, GNR Goldberg entered into training initially at Parkhouse and then Larkhill Training Camp. On 15 March 1917, GNR Goldberg embarked for France and, following further theatre training, was taken on strength with the 2nd Division Artillery Column on 6 September 1917.
On 2 October 1917, GNR Goldberg was evacuated sick to the 7th Field Ambulance,
before being sent to the 1st Convalescence Depot having been diagnosed as suffering from Tachycardia (accelerated heart rate). GNR Goldberg was assessed as fit enough to be returned to his unit in the field on 18 November 1917, following which he was transferred over to the 2nd Australian Artillery Sub Section on 14 December 1917.
GNR Goldberg was again evacuated as sick on 22 December 1917, diagnosed as suffering from what was then known as ‘Disordered Action of the Heart (DAH – AKA Da Costa’s Syndrome or Soldier’s Heart), and was evacuated for hospitalisation in England, departing France the next day.
He was admitted into the Exeter War Hospital on 21 January 1918, was deemed no longer fit for active service, and began his repatriation back to Australia.
GNR Goldberg departed England for Australia on 21 July 1918, arriving in Melbourne on 20 September 1918, and was discharged from the 1st AIF on 17 December 1918.
Service awards:
GNR Goldberg was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal in recognition of his war service.
He was admitted into the Mont Park Military Mental Hospital on 8 October 1924, suffering from mental illness caused by his war service.
He was released on Trial Leave, but was subsequently readmitted into Bundoora Repatriation Hospital again on 23 July 1926.
His death is reported to have occurred while still a patient at Bundoora Repatriation Hospital on 16 February 1951.
He was interred at the Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria, in the Roman Catholic compartment, Section U, Grave 7005.