SCHEIBEL, John Francis Vaughan
| Service Number: | 5219 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windeyer, New South Wales, Australia, January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephonist |
| Died: | Broncho pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 12 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave No. 152, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Victoria War Memorial , Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5219, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5219, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney | |
| 12 Jan 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 5219, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5219 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-01-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 12th January.... Private John Francis Vaughan Scheibel was born at Windeyer, near Mudgee, New South Wales in 1893. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 2nd November, 1915 as a 23 year old Telephonist from Manly, New South Wales.
Private Scheibel embarked from Sydney on SS Makarini on 1st April, 1916 with 4th Infantry Battalion, 16th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez, Egypt on 1st May, 1916.
Private Scheibel was transferred to School of Signalling at Bulford, Wiltshire on 1st August, 1916 then taken on strength at Artillery Training Depot from 1st Training Battalion on 2nd August, 1916.
(No record was been made as to how & when Private John Scheibel arrived in England.)
Private John Scheibel was marched out to Weymouth Signalling School on 28th October, 1916 & admitted to Hospital at Perham Downs, England on 28th November, 1916. He was marched in to Larkhill, Wiltshire on 11th December, 1916.
Private Scheibel was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire with Influenza on 8th January, 1917. He was reported seriously ill with Pneumonia on 9th January, 1917.
Private John Francis Vaughan Scheibel died at 11.30 a.m. on 12th January, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from Broncho Pneumonia. He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/r---s1.html
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