Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Jamestown (S.A.),
Place of enlistment
Darwin,
Date of enlistment
1916-06-05,
Age
37,
Occupation
Miner,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
4th Pioneer Battalion, 5 Reinforcement,
Rank
Private,
Service number
2719,
Next of kin
Louis Scharber - Brother ; Arltunga, N.T.,
Date of death
1958-07-31,
Place of death
Darwin,
Biographical notes
Forrest Richardson 3429, 15th Battalion, named Jim Scharber in his will. Scharber and Richardson discovered tin at Marranboy.,
History
Unit embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A49 'Seang Choon' on 19 September 1916. Wounded in action gun shot wound right thigh and arm 5 July 1918. Returned to Australia 1 July 1919 on HT 'Frankfurt'. Returned to Darwin 8 October 1919 via 'Mataram'.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8075653,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1066900%5CRCDIG1066900--137-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553275/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/14/16/,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3284249,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3287319,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3288090,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3291876,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3291876 ["Maranboy Tinfield", Northern Territory Times and Gazette. 5 October 1918: p.12.],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3284249 ["Our Boys at the Front", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 10 May 1917: p.20.],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3287319 ["Our Boys at the Front", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 19 January 1918: p.9.],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8075653 [Service Record],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1066900%5CRCDIG1066900--137-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A49 'Seang Choon'],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/14/16/ [Unit War Diary],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553275/ [Nominal Roll],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3288090 ["Personal." Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 9 March 1918: p.19.],