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Poolman, Alfred Percy (1409/1652)

Place of Birth: Sydney, NSW

Age: 32 years 10 months

Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 21 October 1914 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 1409/1652            view online service record

Address:
174 Dow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Nellie Euphema Poolman (wife)
174 Dow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 19 February 1915
Ship: HMAT Runic A54
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion – 3rd Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 5 April 1917
Discharged: Friday, 3 August 1917


Re-enlisted 5 February 1915 at Broadmeadows.

Father: James Albert Poolman, 179 Dow Street, Port Melbourne
Brother: Ernest Henry Poolman

1915 ‘Private A. Percy Poolman.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 5 June, p. 2, viewed 29 May, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166446

1915 ‘AT GALLIPOLI.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 July, p. 3, viewed 30 June, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166961

 

1916 ‘Twice Wounded.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 26 August, p. 2. , viewed 04 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91165592

1916 ‘THE IRREPRESSIBLE ANZAC.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 25 November, p. 3. , viewed 03 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164787

1 Comments

  • Brian Membrey
    Posted March 1, 2017 10.30 am 0Likes

    3585, William Edward POOLMAN was the third brother of Alfred and Ernest to enlist, parents (NSW BDM) James Albert and Elizabeth Ann. Alfred arrived back in Australia in July, 1917 with his left leg amputated after the wounding described above.

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