SAMUEL POOLE CEF

[James Brown]

Hi

Can any Canadian Pals help?

I have a casualty;

SAMUEL POOLE

Private 116497

72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regt.)

Wounded on the 30th October 1917. (From newspaper account of the time)

Died on Wednesday, 21st November 1917. Age 40.

Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France

Grave Reference/Panel Number: P. III. P. 13B.

Looking for any information concerning Samuel, unit movements at the time, specifically on the date he was wounded 30th October 1917.

Any other web or book sources?

Thanks

James

[Neil Burns]

War Diary

Hi James,

Above is a link to the 72nd's War Diary, scroll down for October of 1917.

Attestation Papers

Private Poole's attestation papers are the above link.

Hope this is of some assistance,

Neil

[James Brown]

Thanks Neil

Super fast reply

I have the attestation papers.

Off to have a look at the diary.

Many thanks

James

[greatspywar]

Hello James,

It looks that he has been wounded in battle near Passchendaele. He then later died in a French hospital.

Do you have a photograph of him? I would be very interested in it for our project the Passchendaele Archives.

Kind regards,

Jan

[James Brown]

Hi Jan

A great and worthy project.

I have emailed the details for Samuel Poole.

Unfortunately the photograh I have is not a good one. It came from a newspaper clipping I had. I will send it anyway.

Good luck.

James