POAD, John Henry
| Service Number: | 6219 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Callington, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 47th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 11 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Grave Ref. Plot 3, Row A, Grave no. 25, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6219, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 6219, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Demoted from Corporal to Private | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded Private, 6219, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 5 Aug 1917: | Wounded Private, 6219, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 10 Jun 1918: | Wounded Private, 6219, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Died of Wounds the following day at 47th Casualty Clearing Station |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Henry (Jack) POAD was born in 1887 in Callington, Cornwall England
His parents were John George Bennett POAD and Mary Ann ROBERTS - he had one brother Charles Robert and two sisters Ada Elizabeth & Beatrice Grace.
The family went to Canada in 1896 and sadly his father John died there in Ontario in 1898 and the family returned to England
John & his brother Charles were sent to Western Australia in 1900 on the ship Omrah and were living there with an Edwin & Margaret POAD in Kalgoorlie - Their Mother & Sisters stayed in England but in 1920 they also came to Western Australia on the ship Osterley - his Mother Mary Ann died in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1925
John enlisted in Blackboy Hill in Western Australia on 20th January, 1916 with the 16th Battalion - he was with the 20th reinforcements who embarked from Fremantle on 13th October, 1916 on HMAT Suffolk
He was wounded three times during the course of the war and died on 11th June, 1918 at the 47th Casualty Clearing Station - he is buried in Crouy British Cemetery in France & also memorialised at the Australian War Memorial & the War Memorial plaque at St Dominic Church in Cornwall, England
He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
Sadly his brother Charles Robert POAD (SN 2006) 11th Battalion also lost his life in WW1 and died on 20th August, 1916
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POAD - In loving memory of our dear Sons and Brothers, Private J H Poad who died of wounds at 47th Casualty Station on 11th June, 1918 and Corporal C R Poad who was Killed iin Action at Pozieres between the 20th & 23rd August, 1916
"Their duty nobly done, to heaven can reach our softest word,
A Mothers and Sisters loving prayers, for tears are seen & sighs are heard, and thoughts regarded there
Inserted by their sorrowing Mother, M A Poad, Sisters, Brothers in law and Niece
Also my dear Husband and 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 John Henry POAD on the left and his brother Charles Robert POAD on the right
"May they rest in Peace"
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