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SCHOLFIELD, John Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 512 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1916, Enlisted in Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Telanfatuk, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Telangatuk East, Horsham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Manager |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot 111, Row D, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: He did his duty for King and Country Commemorated in the Balmoral Cemetery, Victoria, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balmoral War Memorial, Kowree Shire Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 512, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Enlisted in Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 512, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 512, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 6 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company, From Machine Gun Units | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, From 13th Machine Gun Company |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Hall Scholfield and Jane Ann Scholfield nee Hallett of Telangatuk, Victoria. Brother of Thomas Hallett Scholfield MC MM who returned to Australia on 30 April 1919 having served with the 21st Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal