Coming Soon.
SCHOFIELD, Robert Whiteley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 18668 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 February 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 13 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 18668, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 18668, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 18668, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 9 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers re-inforcements | |
| 24 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 18668, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Robert Whiteley Schofield's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Also known as Robert Whitby Schofield
Son of Whiteley Schofield and Martha Schofield nee Padgett of Charters Towers, QLD
Husband of Mabel A. Schofield of Angle Road, Campsie, NSW. Robert and Mabel married during 1916c at Canterbury, NSW
Served his five year Boilermaker apprenticeship with G. and C. Hoskins of Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 1 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal