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Australians
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Full Record
Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | POOLEY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Alfred Ernest |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Lieutenant |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Sergeant 4QIB killed in action 27.9.1901 Mokari Drift Caledon R.
Source:# 22 War Memorial Brisbane.
Fogg: buried 28.9.1901.
Wilcox: gratuity to estate.
URL3: Killed in action at Mokaridrift Caledon River 27.9.1901.
URL6: letter from Chaplain STITT re death of Lieut. AE POOLEY who was shot through the head at Makari Drift.
URL7: By way of Bestekraal the columns went back to Wepner, news having come through that the Boers had slipped up there through the drifts on the Caledon River, and occupied Wepner again. Here a patrol of Queenslanders, Hants Mounted Infantry, and some New Zealanders, under Major ANDREWS, endeavoured to block the Mokare drifts, but the Boers, who were 600 strong, under Generals SMUTS, KRUITZINGER and WESSELS got there first, and in a hot engagement that resulted, Lieutenants CASKEY and POOLEY were both killed, and also privates MILNER and WHITE. Major TOLL was not in this engagement. Five men were wounded including the guide.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 489 491 493 541
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 22
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) various
Wilcox: National Archives Search Guide - The Boer War page(s) 18
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 4.10.1901
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 23.11.1901 & 10.5.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | www.naa.gov.au/Publications/research_guides/guides/boerwar/pages/chapter1.htm | | External Link URL3 | | glosters.tripod.com/BoerP.htm | | External Link URL4 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL5 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memq0001.php | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2359821 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21623630 |
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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
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