Walter Douglas SCHAFFER

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SCHAFFER , Walter Douglas

Service Numbers:	Q47900, QX36734
Enlisted:	7 September 1940, Joined Citizen Military Forces (Militia) on part time duty.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	AMF Light Field Ambulance Units
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 22 September 1919
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wood machinist
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 28 August 2006, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld Rose Garden 11
Memorials:	Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2

World War 2 Service

7 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q47900, Joined Citizen Military Forces (Militia) on part time duty.
16 Dec 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, AMF Light Field Ambulance Units - AMF (Militia) WW2, Commenced full time duty with CMF in 1st Light Field Ambulance, Gympie
9 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, QX36734, also Q47900
9 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX36734, AMF Light Field Ambulance Units, Enlisted in 2nd AIF. Remained with 1st Light Field Ambulance, Gympie.
9 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX36734
11 Jan 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, AMF Light Field Ambulance Units, Qualified as Nursing Orderly. Still with 1st Light Field Ambulance, Gympie.
12 Jul 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX36734, AMF Light Field Ambulance Units, Embarked with 1st Light Field Ambulance at Townsville on HMAT Canberra for Port Moresby, New Guinea.
23 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX36734, Embarked at Port Moresby to return to Australia (Sydney).
13 Nov 1945:	Involvement Private, Q47900, also QX36734
13 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX36734

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Biography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS

Born on 22nd September 1919 in Ipswich, Queensland, Walter Douglas SCHAFFER was the youngest of five children born to Albert John and Mary (née FEHLBERG) SCHAFFER. Walter married Evelyn Daisy SCHULTZ at St Paul's Church of England Ipswich, on 14th November 1942.

Compiled by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS from historical records kept by Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriages, and the "Queensland Times" of 21st November 1942, page 2.

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