SCOTT, James Forrest
| Service Numbers: | W30999, WX31485 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
| Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, 16 May 1915 |
| Home Town: | Capel, Capel, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Elgin School, Elgin via Capel, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 26 November 1968, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Capel Cemetery Capel, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W30999, 5th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps | |
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| 5 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX31485, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
| 21 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX31485, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
One of four brothers to serve in WWII, Private James Forrest Scott (Service Nos:W30999/WX31485) served in the Army with 5th Battalion VDC and 19th Garrison Battalion from 24 August 1941 to 21 December 1943.
Jim was born in Bunbury, Western Australia in 1915, third of eight children of Eugene William Henry Scott (b1882 in Minninup via Stratham, Western Australia) and Grace Campbell Hill Forrest (b1888 in Bunbury, Western Australia). Eugene and Grace married in Busselton in 1908, and settled at Irwin Farm via Elgin, where they raised their family and Eugene was a Farmer. In 1937, Eugene died from injuries received when a chip from wood he was chopping flew up and penetrated his brain. Grace remained at Irwin Farm.
Jim was a Farm Hand in Elgin when, in 1938 in Capel he married Edna Jean (aka Jean) Hutton (b1916 in Capel. Western Australia). Jim and Jean settled at 'Kyeema' via Elgin, where they raised their family and Jim was a Farmer until his death in 1968. Jean died in 2010.
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