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SCHOFIELD, William Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX29430 |
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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 Column 132 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX29430 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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