Gordon Alfred POOLE

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Service Number:	1627
Enlisted:	14 December 1914, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waratah, Tasmania, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea (HS Gloucester Castle), 7 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Captain Wilford officiated Panel 48, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport ANZAC Centenary Commemoration Gallipoli Campaign, Devonport Cenotaph, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

14 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1627, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1627, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1627, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne

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Son Caroline Fanny Poole of Cotton Street, Latrobe, Tasmania. Brother of Walter Poole of Latrobe, Tasmania

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal