On 14 May 1918 Private Frederick Schumacher died of wounds suffered the previous day, probably while raiding German positions. He had been born of German parents in Christchurch on 8 November 1888. He attended the Papanui Main School, and later joined the family bakery business. He was one of the relatively few married men, and as his date of enlistment is given as May 1917, it is possible that he was one of those men who were conscripted to fight in World War I.
He grew up in the family home in St John's Street (now Blair Avenue), just around the corner from the bakery. When his father died in 1907, he took over management of the bakery. He had left New Zealand on 26 July 1917 and on the voyage to Plymouith was required to forfeit 7 days pay for refusing to obey an order. On arrival in England he contracted measles and spent nearly three weeks in hospital recovering. he joined his battalion in France in late February 1918 and fought with them in the desperate battles in March-April 1918 trying to halt the German offensive "Operation Michael". He was badly wounded in the right leg on 13 April 1918, and despite being admitted to a Canadian hospital near Doullens, he died as a result of his wounds the next day. He left his wife Victoria, and young son Lawrence, an estate valued at £600 (about USD $190,000 in modern currency).
He is buried near William Vague in the extension one to the Doullens Communal Cemetery, and is commemorated on his parents' headstone in St Paul's Churchyard, Papanui.
Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
He grew up in the family home in St John's Street (now Blair Avenue), just around the corner from the bakery. When his father died in 1907, he took over management of the bakery. He had left New Zealand on 26 July 1917 and on the voyage to Plymouith was required to forfeit 7 days pay for refusing to obey an order. On arrival in England he contracted measles and spent nearly three weeks in hospital recovering. he joined his battalion in France in late February 1918 and fought with them in the desperate battles in March-April 1918 trying to halt the German offensive "Operation Michael". He was badly wounded in the right leg on 13 April 1918, and despite being admitted to a Canadian hospital near Doullens, he died as a result of his wounds the next day. He left his wife Victoria, and young son Lawrence, an estate valued at £600 (about USD $190,000 in modern currency).
He is buried near William Vague in the extension one to the Doullens Communal Cemetery, and is commemorated on his parents' headstone in St Paul's Churchyard, Papanui.
Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
On 14 May 1918 Private Frederick Schumacher died of wounds suffered the previous day, probably while raiding German positions. He had been born of German parents in Christchurch on 8 November 1888. He attended the Papanui Main School, and later joined the family bakery business. He was one of the relatively few married men, and as his date of enlistment is given as May 1917, it is possible that he was one of those men who were conscripted to fight in World War I.
He grew up in the family home in St John's Street (now Blair Avenue), just around the corner from the bakery. When his father died in 1907, he took over management of the bakery. He had left New Zealand on 26 July 1917 and on the voyage to Plymouith was required to forfeit 7 days pay for refusing to obey an order. On arrival in England he contracted measles and spent nearly three weeks in hospital recovering. he joined his battalion in France in late February 1918 and fought with them in the desperate battles in March-April 1918 trying to halt the German offensive "Operation Michael". He was badly wounded in the right leg on 13 April 1918, and despite being admitted to a Canadian hospital near Doullens, he died as a result of his wounds the next day. He left his wife Victoria, and young son Lawrence, an estate valued at £600 (about USD $190,000 in modern currency).
He is buried near William Vague in the extension one to the Doullens Communal Cemetery, and is commemorated on his parents' headstone in St Paul's Churchyard, Papanui.
Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
He grew up in the family home in St John's Street (now Blair Avenue), just around the corner from the bakery. When his father died in 1907, he took over management of the bakery. He had left New Zealand on 26 July 1917 and on the voyage to Plymouith was required to forfeit 7 days pay for refusing to obey an order. On arrival in England he contracted measles and spent nearly three weeks in hospital recovering. he joined his battalion in France in late February 1918 and fought with them in the desperate battles in March-April 1918 trying to halt the German offensive "Operation Michael". He was badly wounded in the right leg on 13 April 1918, and despite being admitted to a Canadian hospital near Doullens, he died as a result of his wounds the next day. He left his wife Victoria, and young son Lawrence, an estate valued at £600 (about USD $190,000 in modern currency).
He is buried near William Vague in the extension one to the Doullens Communal Cemetery, and is commemorated on his parents' headstone in St Paul's Churchyard, Papanui.
Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
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