POAD, Charles Robert
| Service Number: | 2006 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1915, Enlisted in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Callington, Cornwall, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2006, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | |
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| 29 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2006, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2006, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 2006, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2006 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Robert POAD was born in 1890 in Callington, Cornwall, England to John George Bennett POAD and Mary Ann ROBERTS
His family including his parents and sisters went from UK to Canada in 1896 - whilst there his Father John died in Ontario in 1898 and then the family returned to England
His Mother Mary stayed in England with her two daughters Beatrice Grace & Ada Elizabeth and the two boys Charles & his brother John went to Fremantle in Western Australia and stayed with an Edwin & Margaret POAD in Kalgoorlie
Charles & John arrived in Western Australia in 1900 on the ship Omrah - in 1920 their Mother & sister also came to WA on the ship Osterley - His mother Mary died in 1925 in Dunedin in New Zealand
Charles enlisted in Kalgoorlie on 24th January, 1915 with the 11th Battalion -he was with the 5th reinforcements who embarked on 29th April, 1915 from Fremantle on the HMAT Hororata
He was Killed in Action on 20th August, 1916 - No known grave
His name is memorialised at St Dominic Church War Memorial in England, Villers Bretonneux Memorial and the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Sadly his brother John Henry POAD (Service No. 5219) who was with the 16th Infantry Battalion also lost his life in WW1 and died of wounds on 11th June, 1918
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Kalgoorlie Miner , Wed 20th Sept 1916
POAD - Corporal Charles Robert, aged 26 years, killed in action in France on August 20th, son of Mrs. M. A. Poad, Balfour St, Kalgoorlie and brother of Mrs. David Hughes and Ada and Corporal John Poad
"He died for Empires sake"
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Kalgoorlie Miner Monday 20th August, 1917
POAD - In loving memory of my dear son and our dear brother, Corporal Charles R Poad no. 2006, 11th Battalion, killed in action at Pozieres 20th August, 1916 - inserted by his sorrowing Mother, brother Jack (on active service) sisters Ada and Mrs. D M. Hughes and brother in law D M. Hughes (returned), Balfour St South Kalgoorlie
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Kalgoorlie Miner, Wed 21st August 1918
POAD - In loving memory of our dear sons and brothers Corporal C R Poad who was killed in action at Pozieres between the 20th & 23rd August, 1916 and Private J H Poad who died of wounds on the 11th June 1918.
"They were only brave lads in khaki, two of Australias pride,
Fighitng for sunny Australia, and like two heroes died
We pictured you safe returning, and longed to clasp your hands
But God has postponed our meeting dear ones
It will be in a better land"
Insertd by their loving Mother, sisters and brother in law and Niece
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Western Argus, Tuesday 17th June 1919
POAD - In loving memory of our dear sons and brothers , Private J H Poad who died of wounds at 47th Casualty Station on the 11th June 1918 and Corporal C R Poad who was killed in action at Pozieres between the 20th & 23rd August, 1918
"Their duty nobly done, to heaven can reach our softest word
A mother and sisters loving prayers, for tears are seen & signs are heard and thoughts regarded there"
Also my dear husband & father who died 13th January 1898 in Ontario Canada,
"We shall meet our loved ones again"
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The photo on this profile is of Charles Robert POAD on the right and his brother John Henry POAD on the left
"May they rest in peace"
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