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
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.