Second Lieutenant John Douglas Price Scholfield
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Second Lieutenant, Central Flying School, Royal Air Force (Air Force). 1917-02-27 to 1917-05-26.
Note: Transferred "on command" from Bearwood Hospital to the RFC on October 09, 1916 at Denham. Released from the CEF on being commissioned into the RFC on February 27, 1917. Had just completed flying training and was awaiting a posting, when killed in a flying accident at Uphaven on May 26, 1917.
- Quartermaster, Bearwood Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps (Army). 1915-07-30 to 1916-10-09.
Note: Originally enlisted as a private with the Governor General's Body Guard, but records were lost. Records of his transfer to England are also missing. He attested at Shorncliffe, Kent about six months after his original enlistment. He was already a clerk/sergeant with the Assistant Director of Medical Services staff at Shorncliffe. Transferred to Bearwood Hospital as one of the original staff in September 1915. Promoted to Staff Sergeant on November 01, 1915, and to Quartermaster Sergeant a month later. Transferred "on command" to the Royal Flying Corps Officer Cadet Battalion at Denham. Released from the CEF on February 27, 1917 upon being commissioned into the RFC.