SCHAEFFER, William Bismark
| Service Number: | 283 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Waverley, NSW |
| Occupation: | Foreman / Storeman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 16 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row E, Grave 13, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 283, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney | |
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| 1 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 283, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 283, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 283, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 283 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1915-05-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Bismark SCHAEFFER was born in Neutral Bay , Sydney in 1888
His parents were Carl Augustus Manilius SCHAEFFER who was born in Liepzig in Germany, and Cathleen Mary Magdalene TARDY who came from Dublin in Ireland - they married in 1873 in Echuca, Victoria & later moved to New South Wales
William had served for 3 years with the AIR and 2 years with the 24th Infantry before he enlisted in Sydney on 26th August, 1914 as a Private to serve in WW1 - he embarked with the 3rd Battalion, B Company on 20th October 1914 on the HMAT Euripides
He was promoted to Sergeant on 1st September, 1914 before he left Australia and on 1st May, 1915 he was promoted to Company Sergeant Major.
William was Killed in Action on 16th May, 1915 at Gallipoli and is buried in the 4th Parade Ground Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Waverley Soldiers Memorial 1914 -1918 - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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