SCOTT, Claude
| Service Number: | 1565 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1914, Hobart |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Kempton, Tasmania, 8 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lindisfarne, Clarence, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Coronary Occlusion, New Town, Tasmania , February 1955 |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens AUST IMP FORC ARCH 1SOUTH 5 D |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1565, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1565, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 18 Dec 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 18 Mar 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 9 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Enlisted on 30/11/1914 at age 21 Years and 2 months
Embarked on 02/02/1915 on transport A46 "Clan MacGillivray" for Tel-el-Kibir
Fought at Gallipoli with the 12th Battalion and was hospitalised in Malta on 19/10/1915
Rejoined unit in Tel-el-Kibir on 19/01/1916
Transferred to 52nd Battalion and promoted to Lance Corporal in France 18/08/1916
Field promoted to Corporal on 16/09/1916
Field promoted to Sergeant on 26/06/1917 due to death of Sergeant B. R. Dooley (KIA)
In the London Gazette dated 28/05/1917 notice appeared of the awarding of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Claude Scott with the following notation: "His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Distinguishe Conduct Medal to the undermentioned non-commissioned officer for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty in the field :-
No. 1565 Sergeant C. Scott.
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in assisting in a bombing attack on the enemy, who were forming up for a counter attack. He afterwards showed great courage in an attack upon a strong point, where he remained in an isolated position with a small party until his bombs were exhausted."
Transferred to 13th Training Battalion at Codford, England on 28/06/1917
Appointed Sergeant in Command at Lyndhurst Bombing School on 27/08/1917
Returned to France and rejoined 52nd Battalion on 29/11/1917
Transferred to 51st Battalion on 16/05/1918
On 07/07/1918 joined Number 6 Officer Cadet Battalion to qualify for commision in the infantry
Discharged from Officer Cadet Battalion on 22/08/1918 and appointed Second Lieutenant on 1/8/12/1918
Appointed Lieutenant on 18/03/1919
Returned to Australia on transport "City of Exeter" and subsequently discharged from th 51st Battalion
Following his return to Hobart he worked for many years at the Electrolytic Zinc Company (now Nystar) and was married to Violet Marie Scotney until his death at the age of 62 in 1955.