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SCHOFIELD, Harold Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 11035 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Division Signals |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on the 6 June 1977. Ashes collected |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 11035, 3rd Division Signals, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 11035, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 11035, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Division Signals | |
| 5 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Division Signals | |
| 8 Jun 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Division Signals | |
| 18 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11035, 3rd Division Signals, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Rufus A. Schofield and Edith Louisa Schofield nee Bishop of 239 Inkerman Road, East St. Kilda, Victoria
Husband of Beatrice Lillian Schofield nee Murrell of 8 Grantley Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Harold and Beatrice were married on the 20 July 1919 in the Parish Church, Wakefield, England
Commenced return to Australia on 17 April 1920 aboard SS Bahia Castillo disembarking on the 19 June 1920
In September 1944 he was residing in Canberra Road, Toorak, Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal