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Louis Wilton POOLE

Regimental number19748
Place of birthNorth Adelaide South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer and licensed surveyor
AddressMount Lawley, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs Cora Wheatland Pool, c/o Mr W. Duncan, 'Rothesay', First Avenue, Mount Lawley, Western Australia
Enlistment date14 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameJuly 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 21 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialBorre British Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Sarah POOLE; husband of Cara POOLE, 70 First Avenue, Mt. Lawley, Western Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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