Cecil Stanley SCOTT

SCOTT, Cecil Stanley

Service Number: 522
Enlisted: 14 November 1914, An original of A Squadron
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born: Jeetho, Victoria, Australia, 30 March 1893
Home Town: Lockhart, Lockhart, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Pneumonia, Egypt, 25 November 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Ismailia, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

14 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 522, 6th Light Horse Regiment, An original of A Squadron
21 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 522, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 522, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
8 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 522, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 522, 6th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Sydney
25 Nov 1918: Involvement Trooper, 522, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 522 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-11-25

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Scott was with the 6th Light Horse Regiment when it was sent to Anzac during May 1915. He was severely wounded at Gallipoli on 26 June 1915, with gunshot wounds to the forehead and right thigh. He was evacuated to hospital in Egypt, developed enteric and was then returned to Australia during October 1915 and struck off strength. He went back for another go during July 1916, and rejoined the 6th Light Regiment in the Middle East during August 1916. He served with the 2nd Machine Gun Squadron the second time around. He was sent to hospital with broncho pneumonia and malaria on the 18 November 1918 but died of these illnesses a week later. He was buried in the Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt.

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