Private Myer Philip Goldberg
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Goldberg,
Myer Philip
Date of birth: 1890-05-14
Place of birth: Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland Scotland
Next of kin: Father: Harris Goldberg, 192 Govan Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Stock Keeper in Chemist Warehouse
Occupation (normalized): Stock Clerk, General
Religion: Jewish
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 535505
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
417200
Service file: B3610-S034
Uploader's Notes: The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes:
Attestation Paper
ancestry 1901 Census: Son of Harris and Rachael Goldberg of Glasgow.
Commemorated on the memorial erected by Glasgow Jewish Ex -Service Men's Association, now held in the Jewish Prayer Hall, Barlanark, Glasgow, originally held in the Synagogue, South Portland Street, Glasgow.
[Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2014-03-15