Horace SCHOFIELD

Horace SCHOFIELD Update Details

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Service Number:	6327
Enlisted:	10 April 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sandgate, England, 1880
Home Town:	Guildford, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Western Australia, 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Guildford Cemetery, Surrey, England Anglican Area, Section B, Grave 89.
Memorials:	Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour, Peerless Flour Mill Ltd. Honour Roll

10 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6327, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
18 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6327, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6327, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Fremantle
10 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6327, 11th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the head. Embarked at Boulogne aboard HS St Dennis for England with severe head wound
27 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6327, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded

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Address at the time of enlistment was Woodbridge Hotel, East Guilford, WA

Next of kin given as his sister Jessie Summers of 413 Fitzgerald Street, North Perth, WA

During 1921 Horace married Grace D. Miller in Swan, Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918 aboard HS Field Marshall disembarking on the 13 May 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal