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SCHUETZE, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 2975 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mannum, SA, 11 September 1885 |
| Home Town: | Mannum, Mid Murray, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Moulder |
| Died: | Heidelberg, 28 February 1963, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Crystal Brook District WW1 Roll of Honour, Mannum District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2975, 2nd Depot Battalion | |
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| 6 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2975, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2975, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 2975 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2975, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Before the war
Albert Edward Schuetze was born in the year 1885 on the 11th of September in Mannum, South Australia. Prior to the war, he worked as a moulder. His occupation included casting molten metal into moulds to produce solidified castings. Albert Edward was unmarred with no children, he had a fair complexion and blue eyes. Standing at 5.7 feet tall (174cm) with a weight of 138lbs (63kg). Albert’s parents were Friedrich Eduard Schuetze and Minnie Buermann. They were married on the 20th of November 1879 in Mt Barker, South Australia. He was the youngest and had three sisters named Cora Mathilda (Schuetze) Randell, Ella Gertrude (Schuetze) Isaacshen and Catherine Dorothea (Schuetze) Weidenhofer.
Life at war
On the 27th of May 1916, at the age of 30 ½ Albert was enlisted in Port Pirie, South Australia to the war. His journey to war began with a departure from Adelaide on the 7th November 1916. The boat he was on was called ‘Her Majesty’s Australian Transport, Afric’. During the war Albert was a sapper, his job was to dig under collapsed walls. The trenches and tunnels were called ‘saps,’ hence the name of the workers, ‘sappers.’ Throughout the war Albert was sent to hospital and needed medical attendance for multiple injuries. During the war Albert disembarked Plymouth, England on the 9/1/1917. He was wounded in action in France 26/9/1917 (gun shot to arm and leg) and returned to hospital in Edgbaston, England on 16/10/1917. He returned to France, ready to fight on the 23/4/1918. He then returned to England on the 22nd of May 1919. Albert returned to Australia on the 15 June 1919
The 50th Battalion
Albert Edward Schuetze was in the 50th Battalion: they fought at Mouquet farm. The 50th Battalion was formed in February 1916, by the splitting of the 10th Battalion. Around half of the 50th were new recruits and half were those who had already seen action in the 10th. The commander was Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Hurcombe. The battalion served in France at locations such as Mouquet Farm and Noreuil during 1916 and early 1917. Later in 1917 the 50th relocated to Belgium and saw action at Messines and Polygon Wood. In 1918 it was back in France, notably at Dernancourt and Villers-Bretonneux.
After the War
Albert Edward Schuetze was never married. He died at the age of 77 on the 28th of February 1963 at Austin Hospital, Heidelberg and was cremated at Springvale, Victoria.
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