POOLE, Ralph
| Service Number: | 345 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | The Rock, Lockhart, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 20 November 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Grave F. 44. INSCRIPTION THE EVER TRUE AND LOVING SON OF JOHN AND KATE POOLE HEALAUGH, ENG. , Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 345, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 345, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 12 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 345, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 345, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Melbourne | |
| 20 Nov 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 345, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 345 awm_unit: 2nd LHM Gnr Squadron late 7th Australian Light Horse awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-11-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He enlisted at The Rock, New South Wales, Australia.
He was 22 and the son of John and Kate Poole, of Healaugh, Tadcaster, Yorks, England.
He is remembered as having served in the 2nd Battalion LHM Gunner Squadron on the war memorial inside the church of St John the Baptist in Healaugh, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
There are two war memorials in Healaugh on which Ralph is remembered; one is a free-standing, roadside structure in the village’s Main Street. This is a tall plain Portland stone octagonal Latin Cross on a square plinth and four stepped base. The dedication and names are on a separate piece of stone which may well be a later addition as IWM are quoting the inscription as being difficult to read and being badly eroded by lichen. This was not the case in August 2017. The whole monument is enclosed within a low stone wall with a pebbled surface inside.
The other one is inside the church of St John the Baptist in Healaugh, Tadcaster, Yorks, England.
Healaugh is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England
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