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SCHOFIELD, Albert Percival
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2981 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1916, Enlisted at Kangaloon, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Kangaloon, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 17 February 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bowral General Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Bowral Kangaloon Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From the 55th Battalion | |
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| 19 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2981, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kangaloon, NSW | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2981, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2981, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2981, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the neck and left arm | |
| 3 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2981, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 4 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion, n France | |
| 27 Nov 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, For most conspicuous gallantry in the operations of 3 October, 1918, near Estrees, north of St Quentin. His company met with unbroken wire in front of the objective and came under heavy machine gun fire. He found an opening through the wire and rushed single handed through the gap to a machine gun post which was holding up his company. He himself killed two of the crew, capturing the remaining four and the gun. He did splendid work. London Gazette on 12 March 1919, page 3392, position 64 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 June 1919, page 1012, position 55 | |
| 15 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2981, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Eli Schofield and Margaret J. Schofield of 'Fernleigh', Kangaloo, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on the 19 June 1919 aboard HT Miltiades disembarking on the 8 August 1919
Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal