SCOUGALL, Frank Burdett
| Service Numbers: | 78, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), New Farm Bowling Club Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 78, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 78, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Scougall, of Duninald, Bowen terrace, New Farm, have received news that their, eldest son, Lieutenant F. B. Scougall, was killed in action on 20th September. Lieutenant F. B. Scougall was one of the first in Brisbane to join the colours, after the declaration of war. He joined as a private, and left with the 9th Battalion as a lance-corporal. He was at the landing in Gallipoli, where he gained his commission as 2nd. Lieutenant, and was wounded shortly afterwards, and sent to England for an operation. He was in hospital for some four months, and on regaining his strength joined his battalion in France, shortly afterwards gaining his lst-lieutenancy. With the exception of a short furlough in England, he had been on active service in France for two years. Prior to enlisting he was with the Fraser Ramsey, Propy.
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