SCHMEDJE, Simon Flood
| Service Number: | 2046 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915, Bendigo |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kotupna, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Linotype Operator |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot II, Row E, Grave 15, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echuca War Memorial, Nathalia Wakiti Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2046, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2046, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2046, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2046, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2046, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to chest. Evacuated to 5th Aust Field Ambulance however died of his wounds later the same day. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Simon Flood SCHMEDJE was born at Kotupna, Victoria in 1889
His parents were Charles SCHMEDJE & Elizabeth Ann HARPER
He married Vera Ethel McLACHLAN in 1913 - one son Theodore James b. 1915
He had previously served for 3 years in the Victorian Rangers, E Company before he enlisted in Bendigo on 24th July, 1915 & embarked on 26th August 1915 with the 21st Infantry Battalion, 3rd reinforcements from Melbourne on the HMAT Anchises
Simon died from shell wounds to his chest at Gallipoli on 2nd November, 1915 - he is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery at Gallipoli
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Bendigo, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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