Henry Daintree FOOT

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FOOT, Henry Daintree

Service Number:	135
Enlisted:	14 August 1914, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, 10 September 1883
Home Town:	Cardington, Queenland
Schooling:	Townsville Grammer School
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC No known grave
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Herberton War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Padre White Memorial Chapel, Townsville Cenotaph, Townsville Grammar School Roll of Honour, Townsville Grammar School WWI Honour Board

World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 135, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Townsville, Queensland
17 Sep 1914:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 135, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 135, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enoggera, Queensland
1 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 135, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 135, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT A40 Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 135, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 135 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-01
Date unknown:	Involvement 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Father: Alfred Knethel Foot and Mother: Mary Eleanor Foot (nee Madden - b. 5/6/1857)

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       George Pierce FOOT - Private in 2nd Light Horse Regiment (service #74)
                   returned to Australia 22/1/1917
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 Henry lived at Cardington Station, via Townsville, Queensland.

He had been in the Townsville Rifle Club for some years, prior to enlisting.

Previous service: Served in the Militia (2nd Infantry)

Described on enlisting as 31 years old; single; 5' 6 1/2" tall; 124 lbs; medium complexion;
greyish brown eyes; black hair; Church of England.

August 1914 Mobilised for war service

8/8/1914 Embarked Cairns for Thursday Island

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.

17/9/1914 Enlisted in AIF at Enoggera, QLD

1/10/1914 Promoted Lance Corporal

22/12/1914 Embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A40 Ceramic

12/4/1915 Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, Gallipoli

1/5/1915 killed in action at Quinn's Post, Gallipoli
buried in : No known grave

Commemorated at The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), Gallipoli, Turkey

His name name is located at panel 75 in the Commemorative Area (www.awm.gov.au) at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.

Medals:
WWI 1914-15 Star (12417); British War Medal (6608); Victory Medal (6582)
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (308722).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/12/2014. Lest we forget.

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