MCGOLDRICK, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 5183 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1915, Stanwell Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Keira, New South Wales, Australia, November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Scarborough, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, GSW right knee, Pozieres 18/8/1916, Northampton War Hospital, United Kingdom, 16 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Northampton (Towcester Road) Cemetery Grave 448. 2. 17399. INSCRIPTION HE DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY A BRAVE YOUNG LIFE NOBLY ENDED, Towcester Road Cemetery, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coalcliff Scarborough Clifton WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5183, 1st Infantry Battalion, Stanwell Park, NSW | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5183, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5183, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney |
Pte Charles Henry McGoldrick
From Suzanne Make
Private Charles Henry McGoldrick, 5183, 1st Bn. Australian Infantry was wounded on 18th August 1916 at Wire Trench, Pozières.
He received serious gunshot wounds to his right thigh and had to have his leg amputated. He was transferred to Northampton War Hospital where he died of his injuries, along with pneumonia on 16th September 1916.
He left a wife, Irene Sarah and daughter Irene Ada.
In the third photograph his wife was pregnant with their second daughter Adeline, who died aged 4 months in 1916. Charles had never seen her.
Charles had been a miner in Scarborough, New South Wales before he joined up to go to war. Less than 6 months later he is buried in Towcester Road Cemetery in a small corner of Northamptonshire.
He was 25.
Remember him.
Submitted 27 October 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of Charles Henry and Mary McGoldrick; husband of Sarah Irene McGoldrick, of Port Kembla, New South Wales.
McGOLDRICK. — Died of wounds received at the Battle of Pozieres, Sept. 16, 1916, Private C. H. McGoldrick, dearly beloved husband of R. McGoldrick, and father of little Eileen, in his 25th year.
He marched away so gravely,
His courage never failed;
Now 'far away from those who loved him ,
In a hero's grave he lies.
McGOLDRICK.— In loving memory of Private C. H. McGoldrick, who fell in the Battle of Pozieres, September 16, 1916.
The day was won, the roll was called,
He could not answer here.
He shouldered his gun in honor's cause
And died without a fear.
In a hero's grave he is lying,
Somewhere in France he fell;
Little we thought when we parted
It would be our last farewelL
Inserted by his loving parents and sisters.
McGOLDRICK. — In loving memory of Private Charles H. McGoldrick, died of wounds, 16th September, 1916.
Inserted by his sister and brother-in-law, L. and D. Porter.
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