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SCOTT, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4227 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne Victoria Australia , 13 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | Suicide by train, Melbourne Victoria Australia , 23 January 1944, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated remains scattered at cemetery |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4227, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4227, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 21st Infantry Battalion, wounded in action 26/8/1916 NAA RECORD | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 21st Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, serious leg wound | |
| 31 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| 19 May 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, near ALBERT on 19th May, 1918. During the operations against VILLE-SUR-ANCRE these men [SCOTT and 2252 V.J. ROCKCLIFF] acted as stretcher bearers, and worked unceasingly during the whole of the action with total disregard for their own personal danger. They attended to and carried in many wounded from the most advanced positions under very heavy shell, machine gun and rifle fire. In their anxiety to alleviate the suffering of their less fortunate comrades they many times risked their own lives. These men worked for hours with never ceasing efforts, and undoubtedly did much towards the successful evacuation of the wounded.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 23 Date: 12 February 1919 | |
| 1 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4227, 24th Infantry Battalion, transferred to the 24th after getting the MM |
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