John Francis SCHOLFIELD

SCHOLFIELD, John Francis

Service Number: 512
Enlisted: 22 November 1916, Enlisted in Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Telanfatuk, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town: Telangatuk East, Horsham, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Manager
Died: Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918
Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
Plot 111, Row D, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: He did his duty for King and Country Commemorated in the Balmoral Cemetery, Victoria, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balmoral War Memorial, Kowree Shire Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

22 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 512, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Enlisted in Ballarat, Victoria
19 Feb 1917: Involvement Private, 512, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917: Embarked Private, 512, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
6 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company, From Machine Gun Units
1 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, From 13th Machine Gun Company

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Hall Scholfield and Jane Ann Scholfield nee Hallett of Telangatuk, Victoria. Brother of Thomas Hallett Scholfield MC MM who returned to Australia on 30 April 1919 having served with the 21st Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal