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Military service
Service number:
733356
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
April 20, 1892
Kentville, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
December 14, 1915
Kentville, Nova Scotia
Death:
July 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIX. F. 12.
Additional information
Son of John and Annie Schofield, of Kentville, Nova Scotia. Husband of Mrs. Lillian Manning (formerly Schofield). Father of Dorothy (8 at the time of his father's death), Annie 6 and Harold "Bud" 4. Brother of James Edward, Pte. Charles William Schoffield (67661) died of wounds, 11 August 1918), Lester, Hattie, Leona, Sadie, Dorothy and Bruce. At the time of enlistment, he stated he was married and employed as a labourer.
Digital gallery of Private John Schofield
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Photo of John Ezekiel Schofield
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private John Schofield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 322 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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