Background
VAN POOLE, Gideon McDonald was born on September 2, 1876 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Otho and Lucretia (Lentz) V.an Poole.
VAN POOLE, Gideon McDonald was born on September 2, 1876 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Otho and Lucretia (Lentz) V.an Poole.
University of North Carolina. Medical School, University of Maryland. Army Medical School; Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
P.H. Hospital. and Medical School, New York. Chicago Polyclinic; Tulane University Acting Assistant Surgeon, 1900. First Lieutenant, and Assistant Surgeon, 1901.
Captain, Assistant Surgeon, 1906. Major, Medical Corps, 1910. Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, 1917.
Colonel United States Army, 1918.
Served in Boxer Uprising, China, 1900. Philippine Insurrection, 1900-1902. Mexico Border, 1916; two major engagements, World War, France, 1918.
Line, 1911; Army Staff College, 1912.Y. Enlisted Private, Company C., 12th Ini., 1897. Lieutenant Colonel, 1917, Colonel.
. Civil Governor. Cotabato District, Island of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 1902-1905. Aide to President Roosevelt, 1907-1908. Command 9th United States Infantry. and 3rd Brigadier, 2nd Division. during World War, 1918.
Professor. Military Science and Tactics, University of California, since 1927.
Club: Army and Navy.
Spouse Lucretia B. LeBourgeois, October 19, 1908, Avon, N.