Studio portrait of 530 Private Frank Joseph Pooler, 36th Battalion from Cargelligo, NSW. A 32 ...

Accession Number H05523
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 530 Private Frank Joseph Pooler, 36th Battalion from Cargelligo, NSW. A 32 year old farmer prior to enlistment on 8 January 1916, he embarked for overseas with C Company from Sydney on 13 May 1916 aboard HMAT Beltana. He was killed in action near Messines, Belgium on 16 July 1917 and is buried in the Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Neuve-Eglise, Belgium.