Schofield, James Alexander

 Person: id 3993
University connections
USyd
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World War I
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Family name
Schofield
Given name(s)
James Alexander
Initials
J.A.
Gender
Male
Naming note
Known as Lex
Combined start dates
1914
Education notes
Studying Medicine III in 1920 and then appears to have transferred to Vet Science, 1921 calendar p650 noted as Vet Sc. III. 1922 calendar Vet Sc. IV.p675
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
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.
Parental occupation
Professor of Chemistry
Internal notes
(late A.I.F.) Was the only son of Prof JA Schofield Uni of Sydney
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UniComp
UniCompDegree
Med. III.
UniCompStatus
Miscellaneous
 
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