William Henry SCHOFIELD

SCHOFIELD, William Henry

Service Number: VX29430
Enlisted: 4 July 1940, Enlisted at Caulfield
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
Born: Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, 16 January 1909
Home Town: Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Malaya, 25 June 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX29430
4 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, VX29430, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Caulfield
4 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX29430, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harry Benjamin and Violet Mabel Schofield; husband of Sylvia Irene Schofield of Northote

Was a Prisoner of War and died in Malaya