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Godfrey Goldin
Personal information
Full name Godfrey Robert Goldin
Date of birth (1919-06-10)10 June 1919
Place of birth Abbotsford, Victoria
Date of death 7 February 1943(1943-02-07) (aged 23)
Place of death Territory of New Guinea
Original team(s) Coburg Amateurs
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Essendon 8 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Godfrey Robert Goldin (10 June 1919 – 7 February 1943) was a champion schoolboy Australian rules footballer who also played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

He died of wounds sustained in action while serving with the Second AIF in New Guinea during World War II.

Family

The son of Robert Vane Goldin (1886-1969),[2][3] and Ellen Christina Goldin (1890-1973), née Graham, Godfrey Robert Goldin was born on 10 June 1919.

He was engaged to Grace Lillian Osborne in September 1942.[4] They never married.[5]

His younger brother, Allan "Dick" Goldin, played 104 games in six seasons (1947 to 1952) for the Preston Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[6][7] He later coached Preston Seconds.[8]

Football

East Coburg State School

He was a champion schoolboy footballer, he played for the East Coburg State School team (coached by Jack Baggott,[9] and represented Victoria in the 1933 Inter-State Schoolboys' Australian Rules Carnival in Brisbane.[10]

Coburg Amateurs Football Club (VAFA)

He played for the Coburg Amateurs team that won the D Grade premiership in 1936.

Essendon (VFL)

Recruited by Essendon in 1937, he played a season with Essendon's Second XVIII before making his debut against North Melbourne on 27 May 1939.[11]

With his early preseason training restricted by illness and injury,[12] Goldin played several games with the Second XVIII in 1940.

Cricket

He played for Preston Cricket Club in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association.[13]

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF on 11 March 1941.

Death

Having served in the North Africa, he died in New Guinea on 7 February 1943 of wounds he had sustained fighting against the Japanese in the Battle of Wau.[14][15]

He was buried at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
  2. ^ World War One Service Record: Driver Robert Vain (sic) Goldin (1245), National Archives of Australia.
  3. ^ He put Army on sound footing, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 June 1951), p.5; Foot Note, The Herald, (Saturday, 16 June 1951), p.3.
  4. ^ Personal, The Melton Express, (Saturday, 5 September 1942), p.2.
  5. ^ In Memoriam: On Active Service: Goldin, The Herald, (Thursday, 7 February 1946), p.4.
  6. ^ Richard Goldin, at The VFA Project.
  7. ^ Dick Goldin, at Boyles Football Photos.
  8. ^ Priestley, John, "Players benefit from VFA fund, The Herald (Wednesday, 20 May 1953), p.24.
  9. ^ State Schools' Association, The Age, (Wednesday, 13 September 1933), p.12.
  10. ^ Schoolboys' Carnival, The Brisbane Courier, (Wednesday, 2 August 1933) p.5; National Rules, The (Brisbane) Sunday Mail, (Sunday, 6 August 1933), p.9.
  11. ^ Dons' New Man, The Herald, (Friday, 26 May 1939), p.19; Amateur Helps Essendon, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 19 July 1939), p.10.
  12. ^ Essendon's Newcomers, The Age, (Wednesday 27 March 1940), p.8; Around League Clubs, The Argus, (Friday, 31 May 1940), p.12; Around League Clubs, The Argus, (Friday, 21 July 1940), p.15.
  13. ^ Blake, Jim, "Who's Who of Football: No.12. Essendon", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 6 July 1940), p.5.
  14. ^ Deaths: On Active Service: Goldin, The Argus, (Wednesday, 17 February 1943), p.2.
  15. ^ In Memoriam: Roll of Honour—On Active Service: Goldin, The Argus, (Monday, 7 February 1944), p.2.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  • Main, J. & Allen, D., "Goldin, Godfrey", pp.254-257 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Godfrey Robert Goldin (VX51038), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • Roll of Honour: Private Godfrey Robert Goldin (VX51038), Australian War Memorial.
  • Roll of Honour Circular: Private Godfrey Robert Goldin (VX51038), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
  • Victorians in Casualty List: Australia and The Islands: Wounded in Action and Placed on the Dangerously Ill List, The Argus, (Friday, 19 February 1943), p.4.
  • Victorians in Army Casualty List: Australia and The Islands: Previously Reported Wounded in Action, Now Reported Died of Wounds, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 March 1943), p.5.
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