FOOT, George Pierce
| Service Numbers: | 1664, 74 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1914, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, 6 June 1885 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 26 December 1962, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll, Townsville Grammar School WWI Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1664, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 74, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Townsville, Queensland | |
| 21 Dec 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 74, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 74, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 74, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 10 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Wounded GSW (thigh) | |
| 30 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 19 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 74, 5th Light Horse Regiment |
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Father Alfred Knethel Foot (b. - d. ) and
Mother Mary Eleanor Foot (nee Madden - b. 5/6/1857 - d. ____)
Mary Eleanor (the youngest) arrived in Melbourne in 1879 and somehow ended up in QLD near her brother. She came out with her sister Janet Louisa (both "ladies" on the shipping records). Janet must have returned at some stage as she appears in the 1901 census but retained property in QLD as that is mentioned in her will extract.
parents married in 1881, and lived at Cardington Station, via Townsville, Queensland.
Children:
Daughter Janet Helen FOOT (b. - d. )
Son Henry Daintree FOOT (b. 1883 - d. 1/5/1915)
Son George Pierce FOOT (b. 1885 - d.
Daughter Alice Conchie FOOT (b. 1887 - d
Son Eric Douglas FOOT (b. 1889 - d.
Son Alexander Madden FOOT (b. 15/7/1892 - d. 22/11/1915)
Daughter Lilla Mary FOOT (b. 1894 - d.
Daughter Hester Olive Luise FOOT (b. 1896 - d.
Siblings in service:
Brother Henry Daintree FOOT (b. 1883 - d. 1/5/1915)
Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion (service #135)
killed in action, Quinn's Post, Gallipoli
Brother Eric Douglas FOOT - Private in 4th Pioneer Battalion (service #4064)
returned to Australia 18/7/1919
Brother Alexander Madden FOOT - Private in 5th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
(service #244) Gallipoli Peninsula
killed in action 22/11/1915
On enlisting George lived at Charters Towers, Queensland.
Previous service: 2nd Infantry, Townsville Rifle Club
Described on enlisting as 29 years old; single; 5' 11" tall; 141 lbs; fresh complexion;
bluish eyes; black hair; Church of England.
August 1914 Mobilised for war service
8/8/1914 Embarked Cairns for Thursday Island (with brother Henry Daintree FOOT)
14/8/1914 Enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
16/8/1914 Re-embarked Thursday Island, on board Kanowna, for capture of German New Guinea
6/9/1914 taken on strength of Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
18/9/1914 returned to Townsville, owing to mutiny by members of ship's crew (firemen)
****Did not participate in capture of German New Guinea*****
18/9/1914 discharged from Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, 18 September 1914
Classified as eligible for British War medal.
16/9/1914 completed medical in Townsville, fit for service
17/9/1914 Enlisted
21/9/1914 Took Oath in Townsville
8/12/1914 Commanding Officer appointed George to Machine Gun Section, Enoggera Camp
21/12/1914 Embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A34 Persic
as a Private with 2nd Light Horse Brigade, 5th Light Horse Regiment,
Machine Gun Section
10/5/1915 Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, Gallipoli
2/9/1915 Sick with diarrhoea, transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli
9/9/1915 In Gallipoli Peninsula
30/10/1915 to be Temporary Corporal
10/12/1915 Promoted to Corporal
25/12/1915 Disembarked into Alexandria, ex HT Beltana
28/12/1915 reverts to Corporal - permanent NCO having rejoined unit, Maadi
21/1/1916 sick to hospital -
8/2/1916 rejoined 5th Light Horse Battalion, Maadi
1/6/1916 to be Temporary Sergeant, Dulidar
13/7/1916 transferred to 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Hod-Amara
24/7/1916 taken on strength 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron,
Bar El Maka
9/8/1916 evacuated wounded severly with regiment, Dabibis
transferred to Hospital Train
reverts to rank of Corporal
10/8/1916 gun-shot wound to the thigh, Abbassia
admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, off of hospital train
30/8/1916 Promoted to Sergeant, Hill 70
5/9/1916 traumatic aneurism to right thigh
admitted to 17th General Hospital, Cairo
8/11/1916 transferred to 2nd Light Horse Regiment Machine Gun Section
11/11/1916 transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, Cairo
21/1/1917 for transfer to Australia ex 14th AGH, Cairo
22/1/1917 Returned to Australia, wounded, on board HT Euripedes, ex Suez, Egypt
for Melbourne
Medals:
WWI 1914-15 Star (5700); British War medal (1790); Victory medal (1757).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/12/2014. Lest we forget.
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