Veteran Notes/Bio
1st Australian Horse, Trooper No. 1094
Born London 29 July 1868.
He joined the NSW Police Service as Probationary Constable 5810 on 4 July 1889. In that instance it was recorded that in his Previous Calling he had some form of Army connection. He resigned from the Police Service on 31 May 1903 however the record notes that he undertook service in South Africa during the intervening years, returning to duty in the Northern District on 10 September 1902. What subsequently became of Guilford Stackpoole is unknown.
During his Boer War Service with the 1st Australian Horse he was promoted to Corporal on 6 February 1900 and Sergeant on 1 April 1901.
The Queanbeyan Observer of 8 June 1900 listed him as a resident of the Bungendore District serving in South Africa. The Observer did not subsequently report him as receiving his war service medals, Queen’s South Africa Medal and five Clasps, at Government House in Sydney along with other members of the 1st Australian Horse from Bungendore on 4 June 1901.
Stackpoole’s connection with Bungendore remains unclear however one Research Source noted that on enlistment he was working as a Policeman in Braidwood.