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SCHOLES, Geoffrey William
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1118, N102283, N470519 |
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Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Liverpool |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Squadron Engineers |
Born: | "Linton", Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1894 |
Home Town: | Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Station Manager |
Died: | Natural causes, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1984, aged 89 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Strathfield WWI Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1118, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool | |
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16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1118, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marere embarkation_ship_number: A21 public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1118, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Marere, Sydney | |
8 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
26 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
21 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
3 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers | |
4 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers | |
26 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, HT Burma, Kantara for return to Australia - arriving Sydney 1 September 1919. | |
31 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers |
World War 2 Service
3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N102283 | |
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10 Nov 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, N470519 |
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