GOULD, Eric
(Service number 12/740)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 30 September 1893 | Place of Birth | Langove, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 18 August 1914 | Age | 20 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Gisborne | ||
| Occupation | Motor driver | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Chas GOULD (father), Queen Streer, Auckland; Mrs Catherine GOULD (mother), Roselea, Sophia Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Auckland Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Star of India or Waimana | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | *1943 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Romford, Essex | ||
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Biographical Notes
Eric Gould was the son of Charles Robert and Catherine Gould. He was educated at Waimataitai and Timaru Main schools. Eric was discharged in 1919 to Romford, Essex, England. He had married Betha May Burton on 28 October 1917 at St Edward the Confessor, Romford. Eric and Betha had a son Eric John Gould born in 1919 at Romford. In 1939 Eric and Betha and possibly their son were living at Dagenham, Essex, Eric employed as a motor driver for the newspaper. The Methodist Church of Timaru placed a handsome window in the Bank Street Church as a memorial for the war victims of the congregations. Apart from the names of the fallen appearing on the window, the names of all who served were inscribed in a book which was to be preserved in the Church. Included in the names was that of Eric Gould.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 March 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 March 2020]; School Admission records [27 March 2020]; 1939 Register England (ancestry.com.au) [27 March 2020]; Timaru Herald, 5 July 1922 (Papers Past) [24 March 2020]
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