FOOTE, Eric Joseph Trestrail
| Service Number: | 3340 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 1 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich State School, Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Fruit Farm Manager |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Buderim Eric Joseph Foote War Memorial Sanctuary, Buderim Mountain Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3340, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3340, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3340, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph and Violet Foote, of Buderin, Queensland
"..3340 Eric Joseph Trestrail Foote, 49th Battalion. Foote was born in Buderim Mountain, Qld, and was a manager of a fruit farm in Ipswich, Qld, at the time of his enlistment on 27 July 1915. He sailed as a private with 11th Reinforcements, 9th Infantry Battalion, from Brisbane on HMAT Warilda on 5 October 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 4 April 1916, Corporal on 13 April 1916 and Sergeant in the field in France on 28 August 1916. He was wounded in action, returned to a dressing station to have his wounds dressed, but refused to remain at the station. Sgt Foote returned to his battalion to assist other wounded soldiers to reach assistance. His service file states that he returned numerous times to assistant wounded soldiers and provided leadership and encouragement to other soldiers. He was awarded the Military Medal posthumously on 19 April 1917 for bravery in the field. Sgt Foote was killed in action on 3 September 1916 at Mouquet Farm, France, aged 25 years..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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