Pilot, military administrator.
Born at Stony Mountain on 16 May 1893, son of Arthur William Goulding and Margaret Augusta Wagner (1861-1941), grandson of William Wagner, he served overseas in the First World War with the 28th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and the Royal Flying Corps. He shot down 21 enemy aircraft, being mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and the Croix-de-Guerre. In March 1920, he was appointed managing director of the Canadian Aircraft Company based in the Aikins Block.
During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was the First Senior Organization Officer at Training Command Headquarters No. 2 at Winnipeg, after which he was posted to Refresher Squadron at Rockcliffe, Ontario, followed by a brief tenure as Acting Commanding Officer at SFTS No. 12 before becoming the Commanding Officer of the new No. 18 SFTS at Gimli.
On 16 June 1921, he married Margaret Crotty MacNab (1896-1967) at Winnipeg and they had three daughters: Elizabeth Goulding (wife of R. H. Richardson), Phyllis Goulding (wife of J. H. Glover), and Daphne Goulding (wife of J. A. Vodrey). He was a member of the Wartime Pilot’s and Observers’ Association (President, 1938), Wildwood Badminton Club, Manitoba Club, and St. Paul’s Anglican Church.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 934 Somerset Avenue, on 27 April 1951 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery. He was commemorated by Goulding School.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Goulding School No. 2337 (Maple Street, RM of Gimli)
Birth registration [Acheson Gosford Goulding], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registration [Achison Gosford Goulding, Margaret Crotty MacNab], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Chosen to manage aircraft companyt,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 March 1920, page 35.
“WC. A. G. Goulding leaving for Rockcliffe post,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1943, page 7.
“Goulding heads Gimli School,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 August 1943, page 13.
“Wing-Cmdr Goulding Promoted to Group Captain,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 1944, page 5.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1951, page 38.
Obituary [Margaret Crotty Goulding], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1967, page 35.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 28 April 2024
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