Oscar Benjamin SCHAEFER
Wounds:
Hospitalised Mitcham Base Jan 17 with measles
Hospitalised on arrival in UK
Also hospitalised Nov 18 with septic toe
Service
:
France:
Other
To France 1/10/17 2nd ACCS Rouelles
Disembarked Plymouth 25/8/17 Hospitalised on arrival
Rank
Private
Distiller – possibly employed in Eucalyptus Oil distillery, Kingscote.
Married Caroline Ford (b 1883 Port Adelaide) 1916 Yankalilla. Parents James Thomas Ford & Caroline Baker.
Died MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island, 20 October 1964
See excellent site detailing his life and family at http://heritage.spriggs.com.au/main.aspx
SCHAEFER, Oscar Benjamin
World War 1 Service
World War 2 Service
23 Mar 1942:
Corporal
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8075592&S=1 plus 24 more documents
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Oscar Benjamin SCHAEFER was born 26 Apr 1893 in Hd. of English, SA and died 20 Oct 1964 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Caroline FORD 12 Jun 1916 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 1893 in Broken Hill, NSW and died 04 Sep 1974, daughter of John FORD and Letitia ALTON.
Other events in the life of Oscar Benjamin SCHAEFER
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, Wisanger, Kangaroo Island
Children of Oscar Benjamin SCHAEFER and Caroline FORD:
i. Ronald SCHAEFER was born 23 Apr 1917 in Torrensville, SA and died 15 Dec 1989
ii. Rita SCHAEFER was born 17 May 1921 in Glanville, SA
iii. David SCHAEFER was born 17 Feb 1924 in Semaphore Park, SA and died 18 Oct 2003
iv. Evelyn Bessie SCHAEFER was born 08 Mar 1926 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 16 Aug 2016
v. Alton SCHAEFER was born 16 May 1928 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 17 Apr 2009
vi. Charles Lloyd SCHAEFER was born ABT 1934 and died 13 May 1955 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
Last updated : 30 May 2021