Schofield, James Alexander

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B.V.Sc. : Lieutenant, 56th Battn., A.I.F., France and England. Enlisting in August, 1914, was discharged as under age. Reenlisting in March, 1915, was on instructional staff in camps. Commissioned in A.I.F., 1st February, 1916, sailed in April as lieutenant in charge of battn. reinforcements and, crossing from Egypt, was appointed Intelligence Officer 14th Brigade in July, serving at Fromelles and on the Somme, where wounded at Flers in November. On recovery rejoined battn. but was again seriously wounded at Le Transloy in February, 1917, and on joining unit was reported unfit. After acting as staff instructor in musketry from April to May at Salisbury, and O.C. Details, Le Havre, during June and July, returned to Australia in October. A.M.F. : Member of Coronation Contingent, 1911. Commission in 26th Infantry, 1915. President, Undergraduates' Association. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later one year in Medicine.

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1894

Schofield J.A. : Life.Birth 12 Nov 1894
1907

Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia 1907
1914

Enlisted 1 Aug 1914
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom
1915

Re-Enlisted 1 Mar 1915
1920

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1920
1923

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1923
1933

Veterinary Surgeon at Woolwich -- NSW, Australia 1933
1943

Company Director at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1943

Gender

Male

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