The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private Thomas Golden |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Thomas Sydney Golden
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: 01/11/1846
Cause of Death: Age related
Service and Life Before the Boer War: A grocer originally from Victoria had had 7 months previous service with the Freemantle Artillery Volunteers
Service Number: 64
Colony or State of enlistment: WA, Place of Enlistment: Karrakatta
Unit: 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 01/11/1899
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 401
Contingent: First Western Australian
Ship: SS Medic, Date of Sailing: 07/11/1899
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg and Orange Free State clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Service: November 1899 - October 1900 in northern Cape Colony including defence of Australian Hill (9 February 1900), Free State, and Transvaal including battle of Diamond Hill (11-12 June 1900) and reverse at Palmietfontein (19 July 1900); part of Australian Regiment November 1899-April 1900, converted to mounted rifles December 1899, joined to 1st NSW Mounted Rifles April-October 1900 (1st Mtd Infantry Bde).
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned: 29 December 1900 on the Orient. No further details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Benjamin Golden, Albany WA
Relationship to Ancestor: Son
 
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