826 Private Herbert POYNTER, a 22 year old Telephone operator from Burringbar, Tweed River, New South Wales. He enlisted on 3 September 1914 and was allotted to the 9th Battalion, G Company which embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A5 Omrah on 24 September 1914. POYNTER subsequently was Wounded in Action, 25 April 1915. During the Great War, POYNTER Returned to Australia, 22 January 1917.

Sydney Mail, 26 May 1915, p. 9.