Name: George Henry Golden Rank: Private Service Number: 282934 Service: 219th Battalion, 246th Battalion Date of Birth: August 7, 1896 Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Birth: March 20, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 19 Height: 5 feet, 4 inches Complexion: Medium Eye Colour: Grey Hair Colour: Brown Occupation: Assistant Accountant Marital Status: Single (at enlistment) Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Hector Golden (Father), Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Date of Death: September 29, 1927 Age: 31 Cemetery: Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia George Henry Golden was the son of Hector H Golden (1863-1938), and Charlotte Dorothée Hubbard (1863- 1934), and the husband of Margaret Mary (Adams) Golden (1901-1927). His siblings were Jennie Golden (1885-1891), Edward Francis "Ned" "Puppy" Golden (1888-1959), Sarah "Sadie" Golden (1890-1891), Janie Mary (Golden) Jeffrey (1892-1984), Robert J Golden (1894-1931), Mary Emma (Golden) Muise (1898-1965), Margaret Mary (Golden) Muise (1900-1992), Mary S Golden (1901-1902), James Arthur Golden (1902-1909), Eugene E Golden (1907-1918), and Dorothy H Golden (1909-1911). George’s brother Edward Golden also served during the First World War (Service No. 3181165). Edward enlisted June 1, 1918, and served with the 1st Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment. He was discharged September 5, 1918, as medically unfit at Aldershot in Kings Co., NS. George served in the Canadian Militia with the 29th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery in Yarmouth prior to enlisting for active service in WWI on March 20, 1916. He served in Canada and did not go overseas. In early April 1916, while training with the 219th Highland Battalion, George was brought into the medical office of the 55th or 65th Battalion and reported to the medical officer after a run. The men were out on a drill and were given an order of an extended run. George was overcome and complained of severe pains in his chest. As symptoms continued to be quite severe, he was sent to the hospital where a medical board was held, which recommended his discharge as physically unfit for military service. While in Yarmouth in May of 1916, his left leg had been amputated below the knee after an accident in Yarmouth when the wheels of the train car passed over his foot on the Halifax and South Western Railway Co. (H & SW) track. He was transferred from the 219th Battalion (Halifax Detachment) to the 246th Battalion on October 5, 1916, and was discharged as medically unfit on October 13, 1916 at Aldershot Camp in Kings County, Nova Scotia. He married Margaret Mary Adams on June 22, 1925 in Yarmouth, NS. He was employed as a Freight Cashier for the Boston and Yarmouth Steamship Company at the Yarmouth Terminal. George died of drowning on September 29, 1927, and is interred at Our Lady of Cavalry Cemetery in Yarmouth, NS.

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