Albert Edward SCOTT

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SCOTT, Albert Edward

Service Number:	3944
Enlisted:	23 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Quarry Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Bridgewater on Loddon PS No. 1097, Bridgewater, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bapaume, France, 25 March 1917
Cemetery:	Bapaume Australian Cemetery Row A, Grave No. 28, Bapaume Australian Cemetery, Bapaume, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3944, 5th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3944, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3944, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3944, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3944, 5th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
25 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3944, 5th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Following the horrendous fighting at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm, and also no doubt due to his age at the time (39), Pte Albert Scott was attached to the 4th Aust Field Ambulance Comforts Fund on 21 October 1916 (while remaining on 5th Battalion strength).

On 25 March 1917, while providing coffee to the soldiers from the Bapaume Town Hall, a German delayed-fuse mine exploded in the building, killing 25 men, including Pte Scott.

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