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Benjamin POOLE
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 Trade listed as Mail Clerk. DOB 8-3-94 (Ontario Birth Certificate 8-3-92 at Bruce County). Born Port Elgin, Ontario. Oliver Poole, father. Sarah Harvey, mother. 5 foot 7 1/2 inches. Blue eyes, fair hair. Church of England. NOK Hazel (Claridge) Poole, wife, married 11-6-14 at Stratford, to reside in Palmerston. Enlisted Palmerston 13-1-16 (age 21 years 10 months). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 29-1-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 14-12-17. Court Martial AWOL 17-11-18 until apprehended 7-2-19. Sentenced to 6 months. Commuted to 90 days, loss of 82 days pay. Returned to Canada for Discharge aboard SS Caronia, Halifax N.S. 22-5-19. Demobilized London, 24-5-10. 1921 Canadian Census: Benjamin and Hazel Poole, (plus 1 daughter), Brantford, Ontario.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7897 - 21, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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