POOLE, Frank
| Service Number: | 315 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 315, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 315, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 315, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 158, notes after remaining for further service in Sth Africa returned to Australia aboard Columbian arrived Brisbane 23 May 1902, discharge backdated to 5 May 1902 when unit disbanded. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also enlisted in 1917 for WW1 but was discharged medically unfit prior to embarking.
When Frank Poole enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. Wilson, Charleville. In the original Nominal Roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent for service in South Africa, held by National Archives, it is noted that John Wilson was actually a friend that he nominated as his N.O.K.
In 1917 he enlisted again for WW1 at Brisbane and on his Attestation Form dated 24 May 1917 he noted; he was born at Hampshire, England, and was 43 years 3 months of age; he was single and working as a Drover; his N.O.K. was his sister Mrs. Lizzie Harvey, Millwood, South Australia; and he had previously served with the 5th QIB in South Africa. After he enlisted he was found to be medically unfit due to Parisis to his left side, the result of a horse falling on him while working at Bowen some 6 months prior, and discharged.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Foll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent for service in South Africa, p. 5).
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