Alfred Gustav SCHRODER

SCHRODER, Alfred Gustav

Service Number: 192
Enlisted: 30 March 1915, Ayr, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Minden, Queensland, Australia, 23 March 1878
Home Town: Marburg, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling: Marburg State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds received in action in France – gunshot wounds to right arm and right thigh. , Military Hospital, Bramshott, Hampshire, England, 16 August 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard, Hampshire, England
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Home Hill Roll of Honour, Marburg Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 192, 26th Infantry Battalion, Ayr, Queensland
24 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 192, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 192, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
5 Aug 1916: Wounded Battle for Pozières , GSW right arm & thigh

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Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”

Alfred Gustav Schroder was born at Minden, Queensland on 23rd March, 1878 to parents August David and Friedericke  Dorothea Schroder (nee Kohn).

His mother Friedericke Dorothea Schroder died 29th November, 1905 at Marburg, Queensland.

His father August Schroder died on 6th January, 1914, at Laidley, Queensland, aged 76 years.

 

On 30th March, 1915 Alfred Gustav Schroder enlisted at Ayr, Queensland in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 37 year old, single, Labourer from Home Hill, via Ayr, North Queensland.

Private Alfred Gustav Schroder, Service number 192, embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 24th May, 1915 with the 7th Infantry Brigade, 26th Infantry Battalion “A” Company.

A Medical Report was completed on Private A. G. Schroder on 17th September, 1915 at 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis. His former occupation was listed as sugar-cane cutter & his disability was listed as Mitral Stenosis. It was recorded that the disability had occurred ion 1st September, 1915 at Polygon Camp, Abassia & had been discovered at a medical examination prior to embarking for Gallipoli. Private Schroder present condition was listed as “Patient gets short of breath while doing any vigorous exertion such as marching or trench digging. He has a faint diastolic mitral murmur…. There is no cardiac enlargement and the condition is well compensated.”  The Medical Officer in charge of the case recommended that he be placed on light duty in Egypt. The Medical Board recommended that he be discharged as permanently unfit, however other copies of the form have crossed out the “yes” to the question “Discharge as permanently unfit.”

On 14th December, 1915 Private Schroder was admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital at Cairo with Mumps. He was discharged to duty on 17th January, 1916.

He was absent from 14.00 hours till Tattoo on 24th January, 1916 & disobeying the order of a N.C.O. He was absent from 07.00 till Tattoo on 26th January, 1916 & drunk. Private Schroder was awarded 21 days detention, fined 10/- & forfeited 2 days’ pay while posted at Zeitoun Base. He was fined 1/6 on 20th January, 1916 at Zeitoun Base for drunkenness on 19th January, 1916.

Private  Schroder was taken on strength of 26th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 5th February, 1916.

He was absent from 15.00 Parade on 6th March, 1916 & was awarded 24 hours Field Punishment No. 2 on 8th March, 1916.

On 15th March, 1916 Private Schroder was fined 10/- for Drunkenness at Alexandria. He was Absent without Leave from 15.00 hours on 15th March, 1916 to 10.30 hours on 16th March, 1916. Private Schroder was awarded 8 days Field Punishment No. 2 on 28th March, 1916 & forfeited 2 days’ pay.

Private Schroder proceeded to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on 16th March, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 23rd March, 1916.

He was written up for 1. Absent without leave from his billet at 19.30 hours on 30th March, 1916 2. Absent from 07.30 Parade on 30th March, 1916 3, Drunkenness 4. Failing to salute an Officer.  He was awarded 28 days Field Punishment No. 2 on 31st March, 1916 at Morbecque.

On 17th April, 1916 Private Schroder was admitted to 6th Field Ambulance with Bronchitis. He was transferred & admitted to Divisional Rest Station on 17th April, 1916 then transferred & admitted to 8th Casualty Clearing Station on 19th April, 1916. Private Schroder was transferred & admitted to Australian Hospital at Wimereux on 20th April, 1916 then transferred & admitted to 25th General Hospital on 29th April, 1916. Private Schroder sent sick then admitted to No. 1 Convalescent Depot on 12th May, 1916. He was discharged to Base Details on 17th May, 1916.

Private Schroder was written up for Drunkenness on 24th May, 1916 at Base Details at Boulogne. He was awarded 7 days Field Punishment No. 1 on 25th May, 1916.

He was deprived on 2 days’ pay on 5th June, 1916 for stating a falsehood to the Military police on 4th June, 1916 while posted at Base Details, Boulogne.

On 8th June, 1916 Private Schroder was transferred to Etaples Base Depot from Base Details at Boulogne, France. He was admitted to 2nd Divisional Base Depot on 8th June, 1916 then transferred out to his Unit on 1st July, 1916. Private Schroder returned to 26th Battalion in Belgium on 2nd July, 1916.

 

Private Alfred Gustav Schroder was wounded in action in France on 5th August, 1916. He was admitted to 4th Field Ambulance on 6th August, 1916 then transferred to 44th Casualty Clearing Station on the same day. Private Schroder was transferred to Ambulance Train on 10th August, 1916 & admitted to No. 3 Stationary Hospital at Rouen, France on 10th August, 1916 was G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to wrist & thigh. He was invalided to England from Havre on 12th August, 1916 on Hospital Ship Marama.

On 13th August, 1916 Private Schroder was admitted to Military Hospital, Bramshott, Hampshire England with G.S.W. to right wrist, compound fracture of right Femur & his condition was listed as dangerous.

 

Private Alfred Gustav Schroder died at 7 am on 16th August, 1916 at Military Hospital, Bramshott, Hampshire, England from wounds received in action in France – gunshot wounds to right arm and right thigh. The Hospital Admissions form recorded that Private Schroder died from “Cardiac failure & shock.”

He was buried in St. Mary’s Churchyard, Bramshott, Hampshire, England.

            

(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)

https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bramshott.html

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