Bert POOLE

POOLE, Bert

    Service Number: 873
    Enlisted: 22 January 1916, An original member of C Company 34th Bn.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bulga, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1890
    Home Town: West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
    Schooling: Homeville Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Killed in action, France, 15 May 1917, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 873, 34th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company 34th Bn.
    2 May 1916: Involvement Private, 873, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    2 May 1916: Embarked Private, 873, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    15 May 1917: Involvement Private, 873, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 873 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-15

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    The son of Robert and Hannah Poole; husband of Effie Gertrude Poole, of West Maitland, New South Wales. A father to three children under five years of age.

    After six months on the Western Front with the 54th Battalion AIF, Bert Poole was killed by shell fire in the front-line trenches near Bullecourt and his remains were never found. His wife and three children were all awarded pensions.

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