SCHOFIELD, Lancelot Clifford
Service Number: | 5251 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
3 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5251, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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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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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