Personal and Military Career
Schwarz was a Member of the London stock exchange from 1899 to 1902, before joining the South African Railways in 1902 after his emigration to South Africa. From 1904 to 1911, he was a Member of the South African stock exchange until he rejoined the London stock exchange on his return to Britain.
Schwarz was a major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps regiment of the British Army who fought on the Western Front in World War I. He was given the role of Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General and was Assistant Controller of salvage. For his actions during the war he was Mentioned in Despatches and was awarded the Military Cross. He survived the war, but died in the Spanish flu epidemic in Etaples, France just seven days after the Armistice had been signed. He was 43.
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