SCHOFIELD, John Charles
| Service Number: | 407377 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Base Torpedo Unit (Nowra) |
| Born: | Walkerville, South Australia, 7 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Accidental Drowning, Mannum, South Australia, 21 December 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia War Cemetery Plot W. Row A. Grave 8. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 407377, Base Torpedo Unit (Nowra), Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of John and Ellen Gertrude Schofield
Husband of Efe Schofield of Mannum, SA
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
I HEARD yesterday of a touching sequel to the tragic death by drowning in the River Murray at Mannum on Friday of 26-year-old J. C. Schofield, ex-RAAF, in the sight of his young wife while rescuing a dog. Mr. Schofield was associated with Sq-Ldr. Kirn Bonython as an air gunner over the Solomon Islands and the East Indies, for three years and the leader has always taken a keen interest in his crew.
Moreover, he and Mr. Schofield were married on the same day.
Yesterday was the third anniversary of their wedding. On Friday he tried to get in touch with the air gunner to send him a Christmas greeting telegraph, and was grieved to learn from Mr. Schofield's parents that he had been drowned that day.
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