Thomas Edward SCHOFIELD

SCHOFIELD, Thomas Edward

Service Number: 87
Enlisted: 15 October 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 9 October 1890
Home Town: Yarloop, Harvey, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mill hand
Died: Typhoid, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 6 June 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Row B, Grave 277 Rev. G.H. Garvin officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarloop War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

15 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 87, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 87, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 87, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his friend Lucy Young of Yarloop, WA where he boarded for many years

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