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Ernest James POOLE

Regimental number2512
Place of birthClyde Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPoowong, South Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Harry Poole, Poowong PO, Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date5 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot I, Row DD, Grave No. 15), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Elizabeth POOLE, Poowong, Victoria

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