POOLE, John Patrick
| Service Number: | 722 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915, Townsville, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, 2 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Ravenswood, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Collinsville Hospital, Collinsville, Queensland, Australia, 3 December 1943, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Collinsville Cemetery, Queensland Monumental Section, Grave 238 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 722, 41st Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Qld. | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 722, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 722, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Elizabeth CAHILL, Ravenswood, Qld.
We regret to chronicle the death of John Patrick Poole, which took place at the Collinsville Hospital early on Saturday morning last, at the age of 55 years. The deceased gentleman was a native of Ravenswood, and had followed mining for a livlihood, and after spending his young life at Ravenswood had gone to the west and worked in mines at Cloncurry, Duchess and Mt. Isa. He served in the 1914-18 world war and had been a victim of the deadly poison gas. He came to this coalfield about twenty five years ago and worked on the Garrick, the first seam opened at the commencement of the Consolidated Company's operations. After twelve years at Scottville he had left to work in other mines in other parts of Queenslanb and had resided in Brisbane over the past five years. He had arrived on a visit to relatives locally about a couple of months ago, but illness forced him to enter hospital, where he remained until his demise.
While residing at Scottville he had located gold deposits in this district and was the first to open up Mount Poole, which was later worked by others. His many friends will greatly regret his demise while general sympathy will be extended to his four, brothers and two sisters in their sad loss. Local returned soldiers, acted as pallbearers at the funeral, which left the Roman Catholic Church, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Rev. Father Colleran performing the last sad rites at the graveside and Mr. T. Miller sounding “The Last Post.’’