Frank Twain Poole b. 14 Aug 1915 Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand d. 26 Jul 1940 Netherlands

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Name	Frank Twain Poole
Born	14 Aug 1915	Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Gender	Male
Military Service	1939
	Royal Air Force, 75 Squadron 18 Sept 1939 Frank Twain Poole (42722)Granted short term service commission as Acting Pilot Officer on probation for four years on the active list 7th Apr 1940 Frank Twain Poole (42722)Acting Pilot Officer on probation graded as Pilot Officer on probation.
	FULL NAME Frank Twain Poole RANK LAST HELD Pilot Officer WAR World War II, 1939-1945 SERIAL NO. 42722 GENDER Male BODY ON EMBARKATION Royal Air Force (RAF) CAMPAIGNS Europe LAST UNIT SERVED Royal Air Force, 75 (NZ) Squadron PLACE OF DEATH Netherlands DATE OF DEATH 26 July 1940 AGE AT DEATH 25 YEAR OF DEATH 1940 CEMETERY NAME Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands GRAVE REFERENCE Plot 69. Row A. Grave 17. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Frank Poole was the son of Charles Herbert and Mary Jane Poole, of Invercargill, New Zealand. SOURCE Auckland War Museum DESCRIPTION OF IMAGE Portrait, Weekly News SOURCES USED Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
Memorial Gravestone	St John's Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
	Photo of Headstone from Invercargill City Council Website Click photo for larger image (use back key to return to this page)
Died	26 Jul 1940	Netherlands
Buried	Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
	On 25th July, 1940, Wellington B.Ic R3235 of 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, RAF, had left her base at RAF Feltwell for a bombing mission to the marshaling yards at Kassel, Germany. The aircraft crashed into the Ijsselmeer, off Uitdam, near Amsterdam. There were no survivors. The bodies of the airmean washed ashore. All 6 crew members were buried here in the New Eastern Cemetery: F/O William Harcourt Coleman, DFC, RNZAF P/O Frank Twain Poole, RAF Sgt Norman Wilson Brown, DFM, RAF Sgt John Dowds, RAF Sgt William Eric Nevill, RAF Sgt William Donald Francis Annan, RNZAF Source http://netherlandsnewzealandwargraves.weebly.com/amsterdam.html
		Headstone Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery - Frank Twain Poole
Person ID	I17431	Frost Family
Last Modified	21 Nov 2018

Father	Charles Herbert Poole, b. Abt 1871, d. 15 Aug 1956, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 85 years)
Mother	Mary Jane Dingwall, b. 09 Sep 1880, d. 10 Aug 1972, New Zealand (Age 91 years)
Married	Abt 1906	New Zealand [1]
Electoral Roll	1946	373 Herbert St, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Electoral Roll	Poole, Charles Herbert, timber Merchant Poole, Elizabeth Stella, spinster Poole, Harold Arthur, clerk Poole, Mary Jane, married Hay, Joseph Kenneth, dentist Hay, Phyllis Joyce, married Invercargill General Roll 1946, 1949
Family ID	F16026	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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Born - 14 Aug 1915 - Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

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Pilot-Officer F. T. Poole of Invercargill
Sources
[S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1906/7347 (Reliability: 3).
Mary Jane Dingwall
Charles Herbert Poole