SCHWERKOLT  W.L.

Given Names:  William Lionel

               

Service Number:  816

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 2, Bty 4                                                                                 

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Horse Driver                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5 In                     

Weight:  158 Lbs

Chest:  38½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  19/8/1914

Place:  St Kilda

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Wilhelmina Schwerkolt

34 Pakington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  20/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  2nd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6730

British War Medal:  2638

Victory Medal:  2638

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Prahran, Victoria                          

Father:  Charles Benno SCHWERKOLT    

Mother:  Wilhelmina BOTH

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 9/11/1916                          

Place: Flers, France                                

Burial:  AIF Burial Ground (Grass Lane Cemetery) Flers, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served at Gallipoli

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 320427

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Kew Rotary