SCOTT, William Francis
| Service Number: | 286 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, 4 years in RANR. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Elizabeth Bay, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers (Catholic) School, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Wounds, H. M. Queen Mary’s Royal Naval Hospital, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, 30 July 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Southend-on-Sea Cemetery, Essex, England Grave reference: B. 3442., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Reedy Flat War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 286, 30th Infantry Battalion, 4 years in RANR. | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 286, 30th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 286, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 286, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW arm blown off (amputated) DoW England |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He served with the 30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 20 and the son of William Francis and Emily Scott of "Fernleigh," 27 Glover St., Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales.
INSCRIPTION-chosen by his family
DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS LOVING FATHER SISTERS AND BROTHERS
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 30th July…… William Francis Scott was born in 1896 at Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales. His mother – Emily Scott died on 31st August, 1903 at Balmain.
William Francis Scott commenced working with NSW Tramways as an electrical junior on 20th January, 1913 in Sydney, NSW. On 1st May, 1914 he was transferred to the Electrical Branch of the NSW Railways at Everleigh. He was released from duty at NSW Railways on 30th April, 1915 to join the Expeditionary Forces.
A “Volunteer Sheet – Naval Force for Reinforcements, A.I.F.” completed by William Francis Scott on 21st June, 1915 recorded his present address as Naval Depot, Rushcutters’s Bay, Sydney. His nearest relative was listed as William F. Scott, 1 Taro St., Milsons Point, Nth Sydney. William Scott stated he was last employed by Railway Workshops as an Electrician. He described his Naval experience as “Three years Naval Cadets; 1 year Naval Reserve, on service since beginning of war.”
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 19th July, 1915 as a 19 year old, single, Electrician from Roslyn Gardens, Rushcutters Bay, NSW (address as per Embarkation Roll).
Private William Francis Scott, Service number 286, embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Beltana (A72) on 9th November, 1915 with the 8th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Battalion “A” Company & disembarked at Suez on 11th December, 1915.
On 25th January, 1916 he was admitted to 8th Field Ambulance at Ferry Post then transferred to No.2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station at Ismailia on 3rd February, 1916 with a sprained ankle. He was discharged to duty on 3rd February, 1916.
He was written up for Talking in the Ranks on 1st June, 1916 at Moascar & was awarded 1 days’ Field Punishment No. 2 on 2nd June, 1916.
On 16th June, 1916 Private Scott embarked from Alexandria to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 23rd June, 1916.
Private William Francis Scott was wounded in action in France on 20th July, 1916. He was admitted to 1st Casualty Clearing Station on 20th July, 1916 with “G.S.W. Arm severe. Arm blown off.” Private Scott was admitted to 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimereux on 22nd July, 1916 then transferred to Boulogne on 23rd July, 1916 & embarked for England on Hospital Ship St Denis.
He was admitted to H. M. Queen Mary’s Royal Naval Hospital, Southend-On-Sea, England on 24th July, 1916. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “admitted with very septic stump following amputation & near the shoulder (left arm). Arm became increasingly septic & patient died of Septicaemia.”
Private William Francis Scott died at 2.15 am on 30th July, 1916 at H. M. Queen Mary’s Royal Naval Hospital, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England from wounds received in action in France – G.S.W. (Gunshot wound/s) to Left Arm (amputated).
He was buried in Municipal Cemetery, Sultan Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England – Grave No. 5975.
Private William Francis Scott’s burial place is now recorded as Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England.
There are 7 WW1 Australian War Graves in Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Originally five Soldiers were buried in 1916 in Municipal Cemetery, Sultan Road. The five were exhumed from Municipal Cemetery, Sultan Road at a later date & re-interred in separate graves in Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-On-Sea.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/southend-on-sea...
Note: Attached to end of photo on Discovering Anzacs (Evan Evans):
Private W.F. Scott
Who died in Chatham Military Hospital from wounds received in France. He served at Sydney with a Naval Unit before proceeding to the front Novemeber last. He was the son of Mr W.H. Scott, of Roslyn Gardens (Formerly of Nth Sydney), who fought in the New Zealand War, and a grandson of a Waterloo veteran.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
William Francis SCOTT (Service Number 286) was born on 20th February 1896 at Balmain. He began working for the NSW Tramways as an electrical junior in Sydney on 20th January 1913. He remained in that role for his whole career. However, on 1st May 1914 he moved to the Electrical Branch of the Railways at Eveleigh. Scott was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 30th April 1915 but did not enlist at Liverpool until 20th July. Unmarried, he gave his father, William Francis Scott of North Sydney as his next of kin. He also cited that he had served in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve for more than four years.
AHe was alotted to the 30th Australian Infantry Battalion. Scott embarked HMAT ‘Beltana’ at Sydney on 9th November 1916 and reached Suez on 11th December. In January 1916 he was admitted to the 8th Australian Field Ambulance at Ferry Post, Ismailia with a sprained ankle. At Moascar on 2nd June he was given a day’s Field Punishment No. 2 for talking in the ranks. On 16th June he embarked at Alexandria for passage to join the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in France through Marseilles, where he passed on 23rd June 1916.
He was wounded in action in France on 20th July 1916 – the Battle of Fromelles. The injury was described as a ‘gun shot wound. Arm. Severe. Arm blown off’. He was admitted to the 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimeraux and transported to England on the Hospital Ship ‘St Denis’ to Queen Mary’s Royal Naval Hospital, Southend on Sea on 24th July. He died there of his wounds on 30th July. The medical notes are:
‘admitted with very septic stump following amputation arm to shoulder (Left arm). Arm became increasingly septic and patient died of septicaemia.’
Scott was buried in the Municipal Cemetery, Sultan Road, Southend with full military honours.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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