Lancelot Clifford SCHOFIELD

SCHOFIELD, Lancelot Clifford

    Service Number: 5251
    Enlisted: 3 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Bombardier
    Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Berry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Station Hand
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Cremated on the 24 August 1970 and ashes were scattered
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    27 Sep 1915: Involvement Driver, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    27 Sep 1915: Embarked Driver, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    15 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, In France
    29 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From ANZAC Light Railway Company
    31 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, In the field
    29 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Orlando Samuel Schofield and Evelyn Schofield of Stanmore, NSW

    Next of kin given as his uncle A.J. Schofield of Berry, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HMAT Suffolk disembarking on 6 June 1919

    During 1919 Lancelot married Ella Dorothy Greathead in Victoria. Father of Lancelot Jack Schofield

    In May 1967 he was residing in Mornington, Victoria

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal. Victory Medal

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