FOOTE, Reginald Vivian
| Service Number: | 1944 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Peckham, England, 20 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Commercial artist, Tramway Shop Boy |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 17 December 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1944, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 14 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
George Reginald Vivian FOOTE, (Service Number 1944) was born on 13 July 1897 in London. He had begun working with the NSW Railways as a shop boy in the Electrical Branch of the Tramways at Randwick in late 1914, but only two months later was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. On his enlistment papers, of 22 January 1915 he gives his age as 19 years 6 months, but this was incorrect as he was only 17. He also claimed a year and six months previous experience in the 39th Militia and gave his calling as a commercial artist.
He left Sydney on 13 April 1915 on HMAT ‘Kyarra’.
He died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on 17th December 1915 and was buried in Shell Green Cemetery at Anzac. Foote was one of the last to die at Gallipoli as the peninsula was evacuated between the 15th and the 20th of that month.
Submitted 7 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George Reginald Vivian FOOTE (Service Number 1944) was born on 13 July 1897 in London. He began working with the NSW Railways as a shop boy in the Electrical Branch of the Tramways at Randwick in late 1914. Only two months later he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. On his enlistment papers, of 22nd January 1915 he gives his age as 19 years 6 months, but this was incorrect as he was only 17. He also claimed a year and six months previous experience in the 39th Militia and gave his occupation as a commercial artist.
He left Sydney on 13th April 1915 on HMAT ‘Kyarra’ for Gallipoli.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 1st April. He had three admissions to hospital at Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos) away from Gallipoli, for Influenza and gastro-enteritis. He reverted to the ranks for incompetence in December.
He died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on 17th December 1915. He was buried in Shell Green Cemetery at Anzac. Foote was one of the last to die at Gallipoli as the peninsula was evacuated between the 15th and the 20th of that month.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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