Corporal Harry Goldstein
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1883-03-05
Place of birth: Poplar London England
Next of kin: Harry Smith, brother, 58 Wellesley Street, London, E, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Citadel, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-10-28
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Nine Elms British Cemetery (Belgium), VII. E. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1257531
Highest Rank:
Corporal
Rank detail
Corporal (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele
Awards
Military Medal (Passchendaele)
Description: At Hamburg O.P. during the operations on 26th inst, before Passchendaele. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in mending the wire from Boethoek exchange to O.P. Five times he proceeded under heavy shell fire to mend the wire which was the only means of communication between the Group and the F.O.O. on the last occasion he was severely wounded in the head and thigh. A.F.W. 3121. 30-10-17
Date of award: 1917-11-13
Date of award: 1917-10-26
Source: London Gazette 30507 dated February 4, 1918
Notes: Private Canadian collection.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 136723
LAC ID:
238624
Service file: B9071-S049
Uploader's Notes: Served as SMITH. Son of Isaac and Deborah Goldstein. 12 years prior service with Berkshire Regiment; and, 2 years and 9 months service with Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery.
Uploader's Research notes: [Corporal Army Canadian Artillery 9th Siege Battery Military Medal Passchendaele At Hamburg O.P. during the operations on 26th inst, before Passchendaele. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in mending the wire from Boethoek exchange to O.P. Five times he proceeded under heavy shell fire to mend the wire which was the only means of communication between the Group and the F.O.O. on the last occasion he was severely wounded in the head and thigh. A.F.W. 3121. 30-10-17 ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-08-06