William POORE

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Service Number:	6097
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Worthing, Sussex, England., 1891
Home Town:	Cardiff, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Near Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6097, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6097, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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He was 26 and the fourth son of Mr & Mrs H. Poore of 46, London Street, Worthing.

Births Mar 1891 POORE William E. Preston 2b 357
The district E. Preston is an alternative name for East Preston in the county of Sussex

He is one of six Australian soldier casualties of the Great War to be honoured on the Worthing War Memorial.

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