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POBKE, August Fredrick
| Service Number: | 3302 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Long Gully, South Australia, April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Teal Flat, Mid Murray, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | 9 December 1965, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Mannum District Roll of Honor, Walker Flat Forster & District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3302, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 3302, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 3302, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide | |
| 2 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3302, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW both arms |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
August Fredrick Pobke, born in 1894 and died on the 9th of December 1965 (at the age of 71). He was the son of Mrs Augusta Pobke. He was a Motor Driver at Teal Flat (Murray River) before he enlisted. August Fredrick Pobke enlisted on the 23rd March 1916 at the age of 22. He fought with the 32nd Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcement. The Australian Army's 32nd Unit was an infantry battalion. It was formed in 1915 as part of the all-volunteer Australian Imperial Force for action during World War I and was initially made up of South Australian and Western Australian men. Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A57 'Lalakuta' on 27 June 1916, serving on the Western Front.
He spent much of 1917 ill in hospital or recovering from illness, but returned to duty in France in 1918. On 2 May 1918 he was wounded in both arms and soent more time in hospital.
He survived the war and returned to Australia on 10th of June 1919. His eyes hazel, hair dark with a height of 5 feet 4 1/2 inches and he weighed 136 Ibs. August was buried on 15 March 1966, at the Centennial Park Cemetery in South Australia.
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