Source: British Home Child Casualties of the First World War and mentioned on page 295 of “Duty Nobly Done.”
Family Search: Private Ernest George Pooley was born on 5 November 1897, in London, England, United Kingdom as the son of Annie Jane Pooley. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1906 and lived in Huron Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as farmer in Huron Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 8 October 1918, in Haynecourt, Nord, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Haynecourt British Cemetery, Haynecourt, Nord, France.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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