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SCHRIEVER, Rudolph Otto
| Service Number: | 378 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balhannah, South Australia, June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Balhannah, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | War service related (mustard gas), Balhannah, South Australia, 11 December 1923 |
| Cemetery: |
St Thomas Anglican Church Cemetery, Balhannah |
| Memorials: | Balhannah ANZAC Roll, Balhannah Soldiers' Memorial Honor Roll, Oakbank Old Scholars Roll of Honor, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 378, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 378, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 378, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 378, 43rd Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
| 26 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 378, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Warneton, 2nd occasion - GSW (forearm) | |
| 25 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 378, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), 3rd occasion - Gas | |
| 29 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 378, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Rudolph Otto Schriever
Name: Rudolph Otto Schriever
Service Number: 378
Place of Birth: Balhannah
Date of Birth: 16 May 1891
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 12 January 1916
Age at Enlistment: 24 years 7 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Jane Schriever
Occupation: not available
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Lance Corporal
Rudolph left from Outer Harbour on board the Afric on 9 June 1916. He went to France with the 43rd Battalion on 25 November. Rudolph was wounded in action sustaining a gunshot to the head on 19 February 1917 for which he was treated at Boulogne, rejoining his unit a month later. Additional periods of hospitalisation occurred from April to July due to influenza. Three days after rejoining his unit he was wounded in action on a second occasion when shot in the left arm. Treatment necessitated Rudolph being sent to Southern General Hospital in Bristoe, England on 7 August, enabling him to rejoin the 43rd in France on 22 November. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 29 December.
On 20 May 1918 Rudolph was wounded in action on a 3rd occasion when gassed at Rouen. He was invalided to England and treated at the 5th General Military Hospital at Frensham Hill and later at Harefield. He was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. Rudolph then was returned to Australia on 22 November on D 23 Runic, being discharged as medically unfit on 29 June 1919.
Submitted 23 October 2023 by christopher collins
Service Details
SCHRIEVER, Rudolph Otto
Service number 378, Lance Corporal
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Occupation: Labourer
Brown eyes.
Enlisted in NSW 30 Nov 1915,
Landed at Marseilles, then 50 hours to Le Harve, boat to Southhampton, train to Salisbury Plain (training), moved to Durrington Down, Salisbury Plain for bombing course.
25 Sep 1916: Back to Salisbury Plain, Lark Hill.
8Oct 1916: Durrington Down.
25 Nov 1916: Left for France.
29 Nov 1916: Firing Line.
7 Nov 1916: Had seen active service .
27 Dec 1916:Bombing school.
17 Mar 1917: Had returned to Active service.
8 Aug 1917:Front Line.
Fought in France & Belgium.
Memorials: Woodside - District of Onkaparinga WW1
Submitted 25 April 2017 by Mal Thorne
Death
Rudolph died 11 December 1923 from the effects of mustard gas inflicted in the trenches of the Western Front in WWI
Submitted 25 April 2017 by Mal Thorne