Lewes GOLDEN

GOLDEN, Lewes

Service Number: 6977
Enlisted: 7 July 1916, Roma, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 March 1893
Home Town: Yuleba (Yeulba), Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Natural causes, Yuleba, Queensland, Australia, 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
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World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6977, Roma, Queensland
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
2 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6977, 15th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in France
4 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6977, 15th Infantry Battalion, Wounded for a second time in France.
25 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6977, Returned to Australia.
11 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6977, 15th Infantry Battalion

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Biography 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.

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