SCHMITT, John Charles
| Service Numbers: | A543156, 115920 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1940, Southwark, SA |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | No. 4 Aircraft Depot Kalgoorlie |
| Born: | Hilton, Adelaide, South Australia, 23 June 1919 |
| Home Town: | Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wood Machinist |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 20 August 1988, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | City of West Torrens WW2 Boulevard of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jan 1940: | Involvement | |
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| 4 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Southwark, SA | |
| 4 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), A543156, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 31 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 115920 | |
| 11 Oct 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftwoman, 115920, No. 4 Aircraft Depot Kalgoorlie |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Leading Aircraftman John Charles Schmitt (Service No:115920) enlisted in the RAAF on 31 August 1942. He had initially enlisted in the ACMF (Service No:A543156) on 4 January 1940 as a Private attached to 48th Infantry Battalion. LAC Schmitt was attached to 4 Personnel Depot when he was Discharged on 11 October 1945.
The eldest of two children, John was born in 1919 in Adelaide, South Australia to Clarence Leslie Schmitt (b1893 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Hedwig Agnes Reimann (b1896 at Eudunda, South Australia). Clarence (a Labourer) and Hedwig married in 1918 in Adelaide, South Australia and settled at Hindmarsh where they raised their family and Clarence was a Labourer.
John worked as a Wood Machinist in Hilton, Adelaide South Australia prior to his Service in WWII. He married Yvonne Warren Keyser (b1923 in Wagin, WA) - both John and Yvonne served in the RAAF at 4 Personnel Depot in Kalgoorlie. John and Yvonne settled in Adelaide, South Australia where they raised their family. John died in 1988 and Yvonne in 2004.
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