Burnett George (Chappie) SCHULTE MID

SCHULTE, Burnett George

Service Numbers: 414212, QX4701
Enlisted: 6 November 1939
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Field Regiment
Born: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 29 November 1917
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Brisbane State High School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Stockbrokers Clerk
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 November 1954, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Columbarium 12, Section 2
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brisbane State High School Honour Board
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 414212, later QX4701 (6/11/1939)
6 Nov 1939: Involvement Lieutenant, QX4701
6 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX4701, 2nd/10th Field Regiment
1 Jul 1940: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Unit in Redbank, Brisbane.
1 Mar 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX4701, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Disembarked in Singapore.
15 Jan 1942: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/10th Field Regiment
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Prisoner of War on Singapore Island.
22 Sep 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, QX4701, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Recovered from the Japanese.
22 Sep 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, QX4701, Embarked on the ship HMS 'Aurora' at Singapore.
20 Dec 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX4701, 2nd/10th Field Regiment

Help us honour Burnett George Schulte's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred Arthur SCHULTE and Gladys nee GAZZARD

Biography contributed by Hamish Robson

Australian Rugby Union Representative 1946.

Wallaby #335 2 Caps.