Ernest James POOLE

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POOLE, Ernest James

Service Numbers:	2612, 2512A
Enlisted:	5 June 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Clyde, Victoria, Australia, 25 March 1890
Home Town:	Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Poowong State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 15 September 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot I, Row DD, Grave No. 15. HIS NAME LIVETH FOR EVER SADLY MISSED AT HOME
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra War Memorial, Lang Lang State School No 2899 Roll of Honor, Poowong Great War Honour Board, Poowong War Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2612, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2612, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2612, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
15 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 2512A, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2512A awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-15

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Ernest James Poole was the son of Harry and Elizabeth Poole, of Poowong, Victoria. He and his younger brother Harry both enlisted on 5 June 1916, in the 2nd Pioneer Battalion.

His brother 2423 Pte. Harry Poole was killed in action only a month after his brother. Harry was also killed in action in Belgium on 21 October 1917, aged 23.

Ernest James joined the 2nd Pioneer Battalion during November 1916 and served on the Western Front for almost 12 months before he was killed. He was farming before the war and was known as ‘Jim’ Poole to his family and friends.

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