Walter James SCHOFIELD

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SCHOFIELD, Walter James

Service Number:	2223
Enlisted:	31 May 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 27 April 1895
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance. Path 24, Grave 193B. Interred on 4 October 1972. Internment number 28250 which expires on the 4 October 2022
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Glandore State Wards & Orphans Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

31 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2223, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
23 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2223, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide
23 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2223, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2223, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound to the left leg
13 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2223, 27th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gunshot wound to the left buttock and invalided to England on 27 June 1918
5 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2223, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 2223, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Walter Taylor Schofield and Elizabeth Schofield nee Charry of Adelaide, SA. Brother of William Arthur Schofield of 11 George Court, Adelaide, SA who was given as next of kin

Commenced return to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HMAT Anchises disembarking on the 13 April 1919

On the 27 December 1919 Walter married Mary Shaw in St Augustines Church, Unley, SA

Residential address at the time of death was West Croydon, SA

Previously served in the Cadets and the Citizen Military Forces

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

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