Colin Everton SCHOFIELD

SCHOFIELD, Colin Everton

    Service Number: 1912
    Enlisted: 24 April 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Millwright
    Died: New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Nemingha Public School WW1 Honor Roll, Tamworth Public School WW1 Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1912, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
    4 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 1912, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    4 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 1912, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
    4 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1912, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the right thigh. Transferred to England on 9 June 1917.
    25 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1912, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
    30 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1912, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the left shoulder
    26 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1912, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Alfred Schofield and Mary Louise Schofield of Upper Street, Tamworth, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HMAT Medic disembarking on 1 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney, NSW

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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