Private Jack  Poolton
Irish Regiment of Canada
Birth:	1915-01-10, Bowmanville, Ontario
Death:	1944-05-26, Liri Valley Italy
Parents:	John and Isabelle Poolton
Schools:	Bowmanville Public
Hobbies:	Fishing and Hunting

The Irish Regiment of Canada

5th DIV SOCCER CHAMPIONS 1945
Front row left to right: Ptes Jacobs, Bell, Birrell, Land [Lang] and White. Back row left to right: Ptes Binen, Grierson, Cowan, Couture, CQMS Willis [team captain], Ptes Flood, Tullock[h], MacDonald, Derbyshire and Mr. Ary Smit (trainer). We are sorry that Lieut G.G. Getty (Sports Officer) was not present when the above photograph was taken.

PERTHS WHO PLAYED DURING THE GAMES LEADING UP TO WINNING THE 5TH CAD CHAMPION 1945

A/CSM N.O. BELL C. COY	 TORONTO
PTE WILLIAM W. BELL SP. COY TORONTO
PTE R.K. BIRRELL GOALIE	 OTTAWA
PTE CRAIG E. BRINEN ST. CATHARINES
CPL JOHN F. CODLIN
PTE GERALD R. COUTURE OUTSIDE LEFT	CHATHAM
PTE F.R. COWAN	 OUTSIDE RIGHT	HOLSTEIN
PTE J.R.P. DERBEYSHIRE
PTE WILBERT R. FLOOD	D. COY	 STRATFORD
LIEUT G.G. (GERRY) GETTY	HQ. COY
PTE JAMES F. (POP) GRIERSON	B. COY	 CHATHAM
PTE H.E. HARVEY	D. COY	 NOVAR
PTE ARTHUR HOYLAND
PTE HAROLD E. HUDSON	C. COY	 OSHAWA
PTE LAWRENCE J. JACOBS	HQ COY	RIGHT HALF	MONTREAL
PTE ALEXANDER (SANDY) LANG	HQ. COY	LEFT BACK	SMITHS FALLS
MACDONALD (MANY MEN OF THIS SURNAME)	INSIDE LEFT	HAMILTON
PTE MCCART
PTE CLIFFORD C. NADJIWAN	SP. COY	 CAPE CROKER
PTE D.R. TULLOCH	HQ. COY	INSIDE RIGHT	CHATHAM
PTE F.E. WHITE	HQ. COY	LEFT HALF	PETERBOROUGH
CQMS LESLIE WILLIS	SP. COY	CENTRE HALF	TILLSONBURGH
Credit: Photograph courtesy of Lawrence D. Jacobs


Time off from combat for a little football

BASLY 27 June 1944 – Members of the 23d Field Ambulance, R.C.A.M.C. laying flowers on graves. From left to right : Private W. Young, H. Roach, M.G. Newberry. The left grave, Private A.J. Barnes is still in the cemetery. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / Archives Nationales du CANADA )