Lancelot Clifford SCHOFIELD

SCHOFIELD, Lancelot Clifford

Service Number: 5251
Enlisted: 3 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Bombardier
Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Berry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremated on the 24 August 1970 and ashes were scattered
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World War 1 Service

3 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
27 Sep 1915: Involvement Driver, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915: Embarked Driver, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
15 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, In France
29 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From ANZAC Light Railway Company
31 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, In the field
29 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Orlando Samuel Schofield and Evelyn Schofield of Stanmore, NSW

Next of kin given as his uncle A.J. Schofield of Berry, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HMAT Suffolk disembarking on 6 June 1919

During 1919 Lancelot married Ella Dorothy Greathead in Victoria. Father of Lancelot Jack Schofield

In May 1967 he was residing in Mornington, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal. Victory Medal