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John POOLE

Regimental number2449
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address83 Bourke Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Nellie Neilson, 83 Bourke Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row L, Grave No. 19), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
86
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth POOLE. Native of Belmont, New South Wales

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