GOAD, Reginald Bateman
| Service Number: | 446 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, 2 years 4th Infantry Regiment |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | New Lambton Public School, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 6 April 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 446, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2 years 4th Infantry Regiment | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 446, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 446, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 446, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 446 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-06 |
Great Sydney Central Honour Board
Reginald Bateman GOAD (Service Number 446), was born in 1892 at Annandale, but moved to Newcastle in his youth. He was one of six youths each fined by the magistrate for playing ‘two-up’ in Broadmeadow in 1908. In 1913 he joined the NSWGR as a cleaner at the Hamilton locomotive depot. He was promoted to fireman in 1913. At the end of August 1915, he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF, and did so in Newcastle on 1 September.
On 6 April 1918,, he died of wounds received in action, and was buried ‘with two others… in a garden at the rear of a house No. 31 in the village of Villers-Bretonneux.’ After the war his remains were, with many others originally buried in small cemeteries or isolated positions, reburied in the Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, which had been begun in June 1918.
Submitted 25 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Reginald Bateman GOAD (Service Number 446) was born in 1892 at Annandale, but moved to Newcastle in his youth. He was one of six youths each fined by the magistrate for playing ‘two-up’ in Broadmeadow in 1908. In 1913 he joined the NSW Government Railways as a cleaner at the Hamilton locomotive depot. He was promoted to fireman in 1913. At the end of August 1915, he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF, and did so in Newcastle on 1st September. While still in training in Australia, he was fined for being Absent Without Leave at Milson’s Island in January 1916. He was reprimanded for ‘riotous behaviour’ in the Industrial Pavilion in February.
He embarked from Sydney in May 1916. He was punished with four days fatigue duty while at sea for ‘smoking in a forbidden place’. He landed in England in July. In September he was Absent Without Leave from camp for two days and in possession of a false pass. He forfeited a total of nine days’ pay. In November 1916 he was sent to France. He joined his battalion in December. In the same month hewas sent to hospital with ‘piles’. He was discharged from hospital in February 1917. He re-joined his unit in March. In April he was made Lance Corporall. At the end of that month he was sent to hospital with Influenza. He was discharged from hospital in mid-May. He re-joined his unit the next day. In October he was made a Corporal.
On 6th April 1918, he died of wounds received in action, . He was buried ‘with two others… in a garden at the rear of a house No. 31 in the village of Villers-Bretonneux.’ After the war his remains were, with many others originally buried in small cemeteries or isolated positions, reburied in the Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, which had started in June 1918.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 6th April 1918, Corporal Reginald Bateman Goad, 17th Battalion (sniper & Lewis Gun section, Reg No-446), fireman from 47 Regent Street, New Lambton, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at Villers-Bretonneux, France, age 25. First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux 30th March – 5th April 1918. Cause of death unknown.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Annandale, New South Wales on the 2nd December 1892 to George Alexander or Alexander George (Alderman & Mayor of New Lambton, N.S.W., re-married to Sarah Jane Goad nee Rhodes 1899, Rylstone, N.S.W., George died 26.11.1927, New Lambton, N.S.W., age 60, and Sarah Jane died 13.7.1948, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 82), and Mary A Goad (Reginald's mother died 7.4.1897, Glebe, N.S.W., no funeral or death notice located, unknown location of burial), Reg enlisted on the 1st September 1915 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth 9.7.1916.
Transferred to 17th Battalion 11.12.1916.
Admitted to hospital 28.4.1917 (influenza).
Wounded in action - 6.4.1918 (type of wounds unknown).
Mr. Goad is resting at Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Plot III Row K Grave 20.
Many thanks to Thierry Grier for the cemetery and headstone photos.
Place of Association – New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia.
Reg’s name has been inscribed on the Lambton/New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor, New Lambton Mechanics' Institute Roll of Honour, New Lambton War Memorial Gates, New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour and the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919. Name not inscribed on the Hamilton Loco Employees Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the Goad gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Reg’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) F SE. 23.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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