GOLDEN, Lewes
| Service Number: | 6977 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1916, Roma, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 11 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yuleba (Yeulba), Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Yuleba, Queensland, 10 October 1964, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
Miles General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Taroom District War Memorial, Taroom Shire Council Roll of Honour, Taroom War Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Wandoan Juandah, Gulugaba, Giligulul, Gurulmundi & Woleebee Creek Roll of Honour, Yuleba Cenotaph War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6977, Roma, Queensland | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6977, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6977, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Golden
Lewes Golden was one of a family of 11 siblings, born in the Yuleba District of Queensland. He enlisted to follow his older brother, Frederick, and was later followed by two other brothers, William and George. Lewes and George went into 15th Infantry Btn, both seeing action on the Western Front. William and Frederick were both in the Light Horse, Frederick fatally was wounded at Samarkh, dying some time later in Kantara. As sons of a landholder, they felt obliged to fight for the land they would some day inherit.
Biography contributed by John Edwards
Four sons of Charles Frederick Golden and Agnes (nee Anderson) of Bundi Station via Yeulba/Yuleba, Qld;
3117 Tpr. William Golden (/explore/people/151341) 5th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia
2313 Tpr. Frederick Golden (/explore/people/142384) 11th Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds, Egypt on 08 Oct 1918
6978 Pte. George Golden (/explore/people/133714) 15th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia, and,
6977 Pte. Lewes Golden (/explore/people/82608) 15th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia
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