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Edward Goldie

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Edward Goldie (image courtesy of Michael Caldwell)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 11.09.1914
  • Place of enlistment: Adelaide, SA
  • Service no: 1039
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 16th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 11.08.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Bricklayer
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Catherine Goldie, 18 Brewery Lane, Dundee

  • Children:

    Edward Goldie, 18 Brewery Lane, Dundee

More about Edward Goldie

Edward has no known grave but is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. For more information on Edward, visit Edward’s Service Record.

DUNDEE AUSTRALIAN KILLED IN ACTION

Official intimation was yesterday received of the death in action of another Dundee Colonial.

  He is Sergeant E. Goldie, of the Australian Imperial Force.   Sergeant Goldie was killed on 11th August.  He enlisted in August, 1914, and went through the whole of Gallipoli campaign.  He was wounded on three occasions. Sergeant Goldie had been in France for about six weeks.

Dundee Courier 5th September 1916

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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