The AIF Project

Oliver Cecil Hardwick FOOTE

Regimental number423
Place of birthIpswich, Queensland
SchoolIpswich Central State School and Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationIronmonger
AddressIpswich, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Lucy Foote, Mary Street, Ipswich, Queensland
Previous military service11th Infantry; Compulsory Cadets and Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 January 1918
Place of death or woundingNeuve Eglise, Belgium
Age at death23.4
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialUnderhill Farm Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 44), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Hardwick and Lucy Catherine FOOTE, Mary Street, Ipswich, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 424 Lt William Bowden Hardwick FOOTE, 41st Bn, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.