Norman Charles SCHOFIELD

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SCHOFIELD, Norman Charles

Service Number:	787
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Millmerran, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Camberwell, England, 1886
Home Town:	Millmerran, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Settler
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row O, Grave 26 Headstone inscription reads: He careth for them, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Millmerran War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 787, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Millmerran, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 787, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 787, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
27 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 787, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 787 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-27

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George H. Schofield and Emily Schofield of Dulwich, London, England formerly of 65 Belvedere Road, Upper Norwood, London, England.

Brother of Reginald George Hornby Schofield who was killed in action on the 24 May 1915 at Lone Pine while serving with the 15th Battalion and has no known grave. His name apears on the Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 49; and Frances Morphew of Bowen Hills, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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