Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Cunnamulla (Qld.),
Place of enlistment
Brisbane (Qld.),
Date of enlistment
1915-03-24,
Age
20,
Occupation
Stockman,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron,
Rank
Second Lieutenant,
Service number
210,
Next of kin
John Carl Henry Schmidt - Father ; Goolburra, Offham Siding, West Qld.,
Date of death
1962-07-10,
Place of death
Argyle Downs (W.A.),
Cultural heritage
German,
Biographical notes
Schmidt was the manager of Alroy Downs until 1935 and his company, Central Gold Mining, operated one of the first batteries at Tennant Creek. He owned properties in North of Western Australia, Western Queensland and the Victoria River district in the N.T.,
History
Schmidt embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A7 'Medic' 2 June 1915. He returned to Australia 13 March 1919.,
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=8078534,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1066991%5CRCDIG1066991--86-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553279/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/10/16/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8510550,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/29861383,
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=7795,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1066991%5CRCDIG1066991--86-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A7 'Medic'],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8078534 [Service Record],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/10/16/ [Unit War Diary],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1553279/ [Nominal Roll],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8510550 [History of the 11th Light Horse Regiment, Fourth Light Horse Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, War 1914-1919 by Ernest W. Hammond. Australia : The Regiment, 1942.],
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=7795 [NT Place Names Register : Schmidt Street],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/29861383 [The Schmidt family of "Goolburra" : one hundred years 1890-1990 by Peter Schmidt and Copeland Schmidt. Toowoomba, Qld : L. Edwards, 2003],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629 [Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography edited by David Carment. Darwin : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008: p.516],