SCHOFIELD, Thomas Edward

SCHOFIELD, Thomas Edward

Full Name: Thomas Edward

SCHOFIELD

Date of Birth: 10

1890

Place of birth: Sydney NSW

Australia

Occupation: Mill Hand

Address: Hoffman's Mill Yarloop WA

Next of Kin: Friend- Lucy Young

Next of Kin Address: Hoffman's Mill Yarloop WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 87

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-09-10

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-12-22

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-02-03

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: DIED OF DISEASE

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Heliopolis Egypt

Age at Death: 24

Burial Location: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery and New British Protestant Cemetery- Grave No. B 277

10/09/1914- To 16th Battalion “B” Company as Private
12/04/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
9/05/1915- Admitted No. 1 General Hospital Cairo Egypt ( Rheumatism & Skin Disease )
31/05/1915- Dangerously Ill- Typhoid Fever
5/06/1915- DIED OF ILLNESS- Typhoid Fever Heliopolis Egypt.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/1915 Star- Medal No. 13907

British War Medal – No. 7263

Victory Medal – No. 7237

Memorial Plaque/Scroll- No.309461.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Yarloop War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 81.