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Alfred Ernest GOLLER

Date of birth25 July 1883
Place of birthLeigh Road, nr Bannockburn, Victoria
SchoolBannockburn and Flinders (Geelong) State Schools, Victoria
Other trainingGeelong College and Ormond College, Melbourne University, Victoria; Presbyterian Minister.
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClergyman
AddressLancefield, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 10.5"
Weight166 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs H M Goller, Lancefield, Victoria
Enlistment date16 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentChaplain (4th Class)
Unit nameChaplains' Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollChaplain
Unit from Nominal RollChaplains' Department
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Cross


Work near Proyart from 10 August 1918.
Recommendation date: 16 August 1918

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWas Chaplain on the 'Ballarat' when torpedoed; buried St Emilie Cemetery.
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingRossnoy
Date of death29 September 1918
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialTempleux-le-Guerard British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 29), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Matilda GOLLER; husband of Hilda GOLLER, 81 South Road, Brighton Beach, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Killed 29 September 1918 while collecting the personal effects of members of 37th Bn who had just been killed; hit in the shoulder by a machine gun bullet that entered his heart; death instantaneous.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAppointment for continuous service.

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