Thomas Frederick POLE

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Service Number:	2418
Enlisted:	6 April 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Avon Plains, Victoria, Australia, August 1892
Home Town:	Chillingollah, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bullet to hip during advace, France, 23 August 1918
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

6 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2418, 7th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2418, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2418, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
5 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
22 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
25 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2418, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Mouquet Farm, GSW to back- slight
24 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
23 Aug 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 2418, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2418 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-23

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