Hilton Richard SCHOFIELD

SCHOFIELD, Hilton Richard

    Service Number: 28138
    Enlisted: 1 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 1880
    Home Town: Ultimo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Fireman
    Died: Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: McGraths Hill Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
    Row 10, Grave 4. Grave badly in need of repair
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28138, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    25 Oct 1916: Involvement Gunner, 28138, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    25 Oct 1916: Embarked Gunner, 28138, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
    17 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    28 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
    17 Oct 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 28138, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Gunshot wound to the right hand and right thigh invalided to England
    30 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 28138, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at 2nd MIlitary District as medically unfit due to wounded hand and thigh

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Crown Hotel, MacArthur Street, Ultimo, NSW

    Son of Thomas Edward Schofield and Harriet Matilda Schofield of Mulgrave Station, Windsor, NSW

    Member of the Windsor Rifle Club

    Commenced return to Australia on 2 March 1919 aboard HMAT Derbyshire disembarking on the 24 April 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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