Alfred Ernest POOLEY

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POOLEY, Alfred Ernest

Service Number:	223
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Reading, Berkshire, England, 26 September 1866
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed In Action, Mokari Drift, South Africa, 27 September 1901, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Vanstadensrus Municipal Cemetery, Free State, South Africa
Memorials:	Anzac Square Boer War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 223, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 223, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
1 Jun 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484 notes promoted to Sergeant 1 Jun 1900.
1 Apr 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant Major , 223, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Enrolled in South Africa with the 5th QIB before return to Australia of 4th QIB as per AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.
11 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493 notes enrolled with the %th QIB in South Africa.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Alfred Ernest Pooley was born on 26 Sep 1866 at Reading, Berkshire, England, a son to Charles Pooley and Elizabeth Simmons Pooley (nee Butler). It hasn't been confirmed when he arrived in Australia but he married Cecilia Vera Cullinan (aged 17) in 1891 at Sydney, NSW.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private (rising to Sergeant-Major) S.N. 223 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. He remained in South Africa and enrolled for his second service serving as a Lieutenant with the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. During his second service he was killed in action.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484 and 493; Find A Grave memorial).

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