Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Poole Gordon Alfred

Born 26^th June 1894 Waratah Tasmania the son of William Charles and Caroline Fanny Poole (nee Bennett) a miner he embarked 2^nd February 1915 on board “HMAT Clan McGillivray” with the 15^th Infantry Battalion.

He died 7^th May 1915 on board the hospital ship “Gloucester Castle” from wounds received in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula and was buried at sea. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula Turkey

On Saturday morning Mrs C Poole of Latrobe received the sad news of the death of her 5^th son Private Gordon Poole who died on the 12^th instant from wounds received at the Dardanelles in the 21^st year of his age. He was a fine stamp of young man and of a retiring disposition – at the same time he was a great favourite with his fellow soldiers. He was a native of Waratah and for some years he lived at Devonport and Latrobe. For the last three years he worked on the West Coast as a miner and enlisted from the latter place for the first contingent but was not accepted until the 3^rd contingent on account of his teeth. He has a brother Charles at the front who enlisted from New Zealand.

The Weekly Courier 17^th June 1915

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