H06150 Accession Number: H06150

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Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant John Ellis Pooley, 38th Battalion from Malvern, Victoria. A 20 year old warehouseman prior to enlisting in the AIF on 24 February 1916, he embarked for overseas as the Company Sergeant Major of D Company (service number 1267) from Melbourne on 20 June 1916 aboard HMAT Runic. He was promoted to Warrant Officer Second Class on 26 April 1916 and appointed a Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) on 19 August 1916. On 1 January 1917 he was killed in action near Armentieres, France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France with others who have no known grave.

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Accession Number
H06150
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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