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: | Mt Keira, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Scarborough, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | GSW right thigh (amputated) & Pneumonia.knee, Northampton War Hospital, Duston, Northamptonshire, England, 16 September 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northampton (Towcester Road) Cemetery Northamptonshire, England Grave 448. 2. 17399. INSCRIPTION HE DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY A BRAVE YOUNG LIFE NOBLY ENDED, |
| 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.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Charles Henry McGoldrick was born at Mt. Keira, Wollongong, NSW on 16th October, 1890 to parents Charles Henry and Mary Louise McGoldrick (nee Head).
He married Irene Sarah Lindsay on 13th January, 1913 in St. Augustine’s Church, Bulli, NSW. Their marriage was registered in the district of Woonona, NSW. Charles Henry McGoldrick was listed as a Miner & both were residing at Scarborough, NSW.
A daughter – Irene Ada McGoldrick was born in 1913 to Charles Henry & Irene Sarah McGoldrick. A daughter – Adeline Ettie McGoldrick was born in 1915 to Charles Henry & Irene Sarah McGoldrick however she died on 11th October, 1915, aged 4 ½ months.
On 14th December, 1915 Charles Henry McGoldrick enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 25 year old, married, Miner from Scarborough, NSW.
Private Charles Henry McGoldrick, Service number 5183, embarked from Sydney, NSW on SS Makarini on 1st April, 1916 with the 1st Infantry Battalion, 16th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 2nd May, 1916.
He embarked from Alexandria on Caledonia to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 17th May, 1916. He reported at 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot at Etaples, France on 20th May, 1916.
On 3rd June, 1916 Private McGoldrick was admitted to 26th General Hospital at Etaples with a hernia. He was discharged to duty on 11th June, 1916 & reported to 1st A.D.B. Depot (Australian Divisional Base) from Hospital on the same day. Private McGoldrick proceeded from 1st A.D.B. D. on 27th July, 1916 to join his Unit & was taken on strength of 1st Battalion in France on 27th July, 1916 from 16th Reinforcements.
Private Charles Henry McGoldrick was wounded in action in France on 18th August, 1916. He was admitted to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station on 18th August, 1916 with gunshot wounds to knee then transferred to No. 31 Ambulance Train on 26th August, 1916. Private McGoldrick was admitted to No. 8 Stationary Hospital on Wimereux on 27th August, 1916 with gunshot wounds to right knee. He embarked for England from Boulogne on 2nd September, 1916 on Hospital Ship Newhaven.
He was admitted to War Hospital, Duston, Northampton, England on 5th September, 1916 with G.S.W. Thigh Amputated. Seriously ill. Private Goldrick was reported as having Pneumonia & "Not yet out of danger." (No date recorded).
Mrs Sarah Irene McGoldrick, wife of Private Charles Henry McGoldrick, was advised that her husband had been wounded on 14th September, 1916. She was advised on the 19th September, 1916 that her husband had been admitted to the Northampton War Hospital on 1st September with gunshot wound to thigh – Severe. Mrs McGoldrick was advised on 20th September, 1916 that her husband was seriously ill Gunshot wound Thigh amputated and Pneumonia. Mrs McGoldrick was advised on 25th September, 1916 that her husband’s condition was stationary.
Private Charles Henry McGoldrick died on 16th September, 1916 at War Hospital, Duston, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England from wounds received in action in France – Gunshot wounds to right thigh amputated & Pneumonia.
He was buried in Towcester Road Cemetery, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England where 8 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/northampton---towcester.html
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