POOLE, Robert William
| Service Number: | 691 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 January 1915, Enlisted at Tatura |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Girgarre East, Victoria, Australia, May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Byrneside, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row H, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: Our hero a faithful son & brother Commemorated in the Tatura Cemetery, Victoria. , Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooma Evangelical Memorial Uniting Church POOLE & ROBINSON Memorial Plaque, Cooma Methodist Memorial Church Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Tatura | |
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| 8 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides at Melbourne | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, docked at Albany, WA and departed after only 3 hours for Alexandria, Egypt. | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 14 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked HMAT Euripides at Alexandria, Egypt and boarded train for Cairo. Marched to Heliopolis camp. | |
| 31 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, Boarded transport boat SS Nile enroute to Lemnos Harbour. | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, Boarded SS Alyssia enroute for Gallipoli | |
| 5 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 691, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles John and Fanny McCullock Poole of Girgarre East, Victoria; borther of Alfred George Poole
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Mark Poole
Robert William Poole was known at 'Willie' by his family. He was as the fourth child of 10 to Charles John Burt Poole and Fanny McCulloch Poole (nee Caldwell). His siblings in order were:
1. Alice Jane (married Clapp) b1889
2. Elsie May (married Hacon) b1891
3. James b1892
4. Robert William b1894
5. Jessie Isabella (married Marke) b1896
6. Wesley Charles b1899
7. Alfred George b1901
8. Walter Ernest b1903
9. John Joseph Henry b1905
10. Fanny Elizabeth (married Matthews) b1908.
Willie was very close with his sister Jessie and he was born to a farming family at Girgarre East in north central Victoria. Willie was committed to his family and his church life at the local Cooma church and volunteered despite things not going too well at Gallipoli. He enlisted with his first cousin Sidney Poole b1894 and spent most of his time with cousin Sid in action. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 08 Dec 1915 only a matter of weeks before the ANZACs were all evacuated from Gallipoli.
Willie is commemorated in plaques in the Cooma Memorial Methodist church near his home.
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