Charles Thomas POOL

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Service Number:	401
Enlisted:	16 January 1915, Enlisted at Bright, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	13th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Freeburgh, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Freeburgh, Alpine, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 11 December 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 1, Row F, Grave 3 Chaplain W.E. Dexter officiated Headstone inscription reads: Rest in peace, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarra Junction Avenue of Honour

16 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 401, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Bright, Victoria
29 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 13th Light Horse Regiment
28 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 401, 13th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 401, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
11 Dec 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 401, 13th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 401 awm_unit: 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-12-11

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Son of Hugh Fulton Pool and Caroline Pool of Freeburgh, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal