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GOLDEN, Charles Frederick Barrows
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | QX34237, Q7920 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1941, Gatton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1921 |
| Home Town: | Yuleba (Yeulba), Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Miles, Queensland, Australia, 12 August 1994, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Miles General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Taroom District War Memorial, Taroom War Memorial, Yuleba Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Private, QX34237, Gatton, Queensland | |
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| 18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX34237 | |
| 19 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, QX34237 | |
| 19 Dec 1941: | Involvement Q7920, FTD 18/12/1941? - also QX34237 - died 2014 (RSL News 2/2014) | |
| 12 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX34237, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Port Moresby, PNG | |
| 3 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX34237, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia. | |
| 3 Mar 1945: | Discharged Private, QX34237, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Mar 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX34237 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Golden
Fred was the son of Charles Golden of "Canal", a grazing property in the Yuleba-Taroom area. He was in a unit based around Brisbane, initially, then transferred to another unit which went to PNG, where he was involved with the Battle of Shaggy Ridge, before being discharged, due to family necessity.
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