Robert Bingley SCHOLEFIELD

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SCHOLEFIELD, Robert Bingley

Service Number:	VX34618
Enlisted:	1 July 1940
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	1 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Wilmington, South Australia, 25 July 1908
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Riverton & District High School
Occupation:	Executive Bank Officer
Died:	Illness, Ranau, Borneo, 18 July 1945, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ranau Number 2 Prisoner of War Jungle Camp "The Last Camp Memorial", Riverton & District High School Roll of Honor WW2, Riverton & District War Memorial Pool Memorial and Flagpole, Riverton Holy Trinity Anglican Church Scholefield Memorial

World War 2 Service

1 Jul 1940:	Involvement VX34618
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, VX34618
29 Mar 1943:	Imprisoned
18 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, VX34618, 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps, 8th Division Petrol Company

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Biography contributed

Robert Bingley SCHOLEFIELD was born in Wilmington, South Australia on 25th July, 1908

His parents were Robert Bingley SCHOLEFIELD & Amy Elizabeth Thompson DURIE

He married Dorothy May STURDY in Victoria in 1938 - one daughter Anne

He was taken prisoner of war of the Japanese on 29th March, 1943 and died in Ranau, Borneo on 18th July, 1945 of Illness - no known grave

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