Robert Stuart GOULDEN

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GOULDEN, Robert Stuart

Service Number:	NX10420
Enlisted:	13 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Army Medical Corps (2nd AIF)
Born:	Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia, 18 October 1917
Home Town:	Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Prisoner of War - Executed, Burma, 12 July 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12. B. 11.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

13 May 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX10420, Australian Army Medical Corps (2nd AIF)
13 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX10420

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Private Robert Goulden was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt on 12 July 1942. Following his escape, Private Goulden was located 25kms from the POW camp within a coconut grove. He was subjected to a summary trial and sentenced to death which was carried out immediately. - ^{Defence Honours and Awards}

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