GOOLD, Francis Alexander
| Service Number: | 1807 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 22 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 31 May 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Mascot War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1807, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1807, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 30 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1807, 35th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds the following day |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Francis Alexander GOOLD (Service Number 1807) was born in Paddington on 22 January 1882 and joined the Tramways as a labourer in Sydney in August 1915. In April 1916 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney. On 30 May he was wounded in action and died of his wounds at No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station the following day, 31 May 1917. He was buried in Trois Arbres Military Cemetery, Steenwerck.
On 30 May he was wounded in action in France and died of his wounds at No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station the following day, 31 May 1917.
Submitted 1 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Francis Alexander GOOLD (Service Number 1807) was born in Paddington on 22nd January 1882. He joined the Tramways as a labourer in Sydney in August 1915. In April 1916 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney. At that time, he was married to Maud Marian. She was named as his next of kin.
After training at camps at Goulburn and Rutherford, hemembarked from Sydney on 4th September 1916 on board HMAT ‘Port Sydney’ with reinforcements for the 35th Battalion. He landed in England in October. He was sent to France in December and ‘taken on strength’ by his battalion on the Western Front on 4th February 1917. On 30th May he was wounded in action and died of his wounds at No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station the following day, 31st May 1917. He was buried in Trois Arbres Military Cemetery, Steenwerck.
War pensions were granted to his widow and two daughters, Ruby Maud and Thelma May.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board