GOAD, Reginald Bateman
| Service Number: | 446 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| 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: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 6 April 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 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: '' | |
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| 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