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1915 'VICTORIA'S FALLEN SONS', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 4 May, p. 8. , http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154943113

Corporal Stanley John Goulding was in the 7th Battalion (machine gun section). He was 19 years of age, having been born on 2nd September, 1895. At the time he enlisted he was employed as a clerk in the office of Messrs. Bennie, Teare's Limited, hardware merchants, a'Beckett street, having been engaged there from a boy. An enthusiastic sportsman, the late Mr. Goulding played hockey with the Essendon team, besides being interested in other sporting bodies; and was a member of the winning team of cadets in the district competition before he was I8 years old. He was most popular throughout the district of Moonee Ponds and Ascot Vale. His parents reside at 'Simla,' 14 Wordsworth-street, Moonee Ponds.

Cpl. Goulding fell at the Landing, April 25, 1915. Lieut. Stewart Whitelaw wrote to Mr. Goulding, sen.: "Your boy, 'the Little Corporal,' as we called him, never landed at Gallipoli. We got safely through a fairly heavy shrapnel fire, but just as we touched the beach the snipers ,got us. I here lost five men-your son among them. He was hit while in the boat, as near as I could see, through both cheeks. He returned in the boat to the ship. Your boy was a very fine little fellow, very smart and dependable, and it was greatly due to his assistance that the section reached the high pitch of efficiency it did. Though he never had a chance to `go' at the enemy, his work still lives in the section , which, under Lieut. Barker, I hear, is still dong very well." Writing to his father, Mr. John C. Teare. of the well-known firm of Bennie, Teare & Co., Mr. PhillipTeare, in reference to Cpl. Goulding, states:
"Col. Elliott, of the 7th Batt., had a very good opinion of him, and said that as their machine-gun officer for the batt. (a Duntroon chap) had been killed, had Stanley lived he would have got his place  and a commission, so he must have done very well." Capt. Hemingway wrote: "I cannot speak too highly of your son's character, manner and smartness all the time he was under my charge; there is  only one consolation-the boy has done what he thought best and right, and he has died the death of a brave Australian hero. I am proud to think that I had the honour of his company in my winning  team."

Mr. A . H. Williams, 6 Hotham-gr., Elsternwick, Cpl. Goulding's schoolmaster, paid the following tribute to the memory of his gallant pupil: "Stan. was one of my most promising scholars, and as I watched him passing through his classes and reaching the highest place. I felt he was a boy to be proud of. It seemed to me that he had a brilliant career before him, but God has ruled otherwise, and  our boy's sun has gone down while it is yet day. Our consolation is that he has given his life for his country and died in the cause of right, showing the world what Australians can do, and giving other  Australians all example. I have other boys at the front, but while it is not fair to make comparisons, I feel as if one of the very best has gone first." He was an enthusiastic oarsman, being a member of the Essendon Rowing Club, and belonged to the Essendon Hockey Club. He belonged to St. Thomas' Church of England, Essendon, and the Young Men's Society. He was engaged on the staff of  Bennie, Teare & Co. Mr. John Teare wrote to Mr. Goulding, sen., with reference to his son: "The photo will always remind me of a good son and a faithful as well as a brilliant employee." - All Australia Memorial