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Bert SCHEMMELL

Regimental number2709
Place of birthStrathalbyn, South Australia
SchoolStrathalbyn Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationLabourer
AddressStrathalbyn, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 0.75"
Weight155 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Schemmell, Strathalbyn, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 July 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death23.5
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. 14) (China Wall), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Ellen SCHEMMELL, Strathalbyn, South Australia. Commemorated in Strathalbyn Cemetery, South Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 21 September 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 14 November 1916; marched into Pioneer Training Bn, Perham Downs, 15 November 1916.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Fargo, 28 December 1916 (not yet diagnosed); discharged from hospital, 4 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 February 1917; taken on strength, 5th Pioneer Bn, in the field, 27 April 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SCHEMMELL Bert

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