GOLDSMITH, Oliver Matthew James
| Service Number: | 2307 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Corack East, Vic., 26 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Condamine, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School Victoria |
| Occupation: | Selector |
| Died: | Illness - Bronchitis, England, United Kingdom, 14 February 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave 197 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Corack East & District War Memorial, Donald Shire Office Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2307, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2307, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2307, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Oliver Matthew James GOLDSMITH was born in Donald, Victoria on 26th April, 1894
His parents were Henry GOLDSMITH & Mary Ann TOLEMAN, The Hutch, 209 Wendourree Parade, Ballarat, Vic.
IN MEMORY OF THE LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. GOLDSMITH OF AUST
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
GOLDSMITH.—In loving memory of our dear son, Pte. O.M. J. Goldsmith, who died of illness in Farga Military Hospital, England, February 14th, 1917.
Only a bundle of letters;
All that is left to us
But the boy who died for country,
Ever lives in our memory.
Only some lines from the dear one,
And the hand of the writer is cold,
But his name on the paper is graven,
In shining letters of gold.
— Inserted by his loving mother and father.
GOLDSMITH. In loving memory of our dear brother, Pte O. M. J. Goldsmith, who died of illness in Farga Military Hospital, England, February 14th, 1917.
Far off our thoughts do wander,
To a grave far far away,
Where they laid our dear one,
Just one year ago to-day.
We often sit and think of him,
And think of how he died.
But, Oh, it was so hard to think,
We could not say good-bye.
— Inserted by his loving sisters, Lily, Ivy and Gladys.
GOLDSMITH. —In loving memory of Pte. O. M. J. Goldsmith, who died of illness in Farga Military Hospital, England, February 14th, 1917.
Died of illness said the Cable,
That is all the tale they tell,
Of the brave young lad who loved us,
Of the lad we loved so well,
Somewhere in England he's laid to rest,
His life's work truly done,
'Twas a sacrifice for liberty,
Ere life had scarce begun.
— Inserted by his sorrowing sister, brother-in-law, little nephew and nieces, A and F. Gray, Oliver, Nellie, Lily and Ruby.
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