SCOTT, Harold
| Service Number: | 787 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 26 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wallsend Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Acting Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 21 August 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Remembered at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 787, 13th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 787, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 787, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 787, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 21 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 787, 13th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Thomas and Fanny SCOTT, Murnain Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Harold SCOTT (Service Number 787) was born on 26th September 1895 at Wallsend. He began his railway career as a call-boy at Hamilton Locomotive Depot on 2nd October 1911. By December 1912 he had progressed to cleaner, the first step in the career path to driver, and he was still in this role when he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 16th September 1914. Scott enlisted at Rosebery Park Camp the next day, claiming to be an ‘Acting Loco Fireman’ and giving his father in Wallsend as his next of kin. He also cited 18 months of service in the 16th Regiment of Citizens Forces.
He was allotted to the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion. Scott embarked HMAT ‘Ulysses’ at Melbourne on 22nd December 1914. Despite the fact that he was just 19-years-old he had been promoted to Sergeant for nearly three months by that stage. He arrived in Egypt in the first months of 1915 and underwent further training there before embarking at Alexandria on 12th April for the Gallipoli landings. He was reported missing in action on 22nd August 1915. Pte J Moore (1583) stated:
‘On 21st August Scott was wounded while charging over a ridge about 5.50 in the afternoon. Throughout the 22nd he lay exposed to the Turkish fire, it being impossible to effect a rescue. Scott was still lying on the Ridge at nightfall, and the following morning his battalion was relieved. So far as [I] know no bodies were ever brought in from this ridge. Scott’s fate was keenly felt by his comrades, as he was regarded with respect and affection by all the men under him.’
It was not until 11th March 1916 that a formal determination was made that he had died on the day he was posted missing, 21st August 1915.
Scott has no known grave and is remembered at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.
A pension of £26 per annum was awarded to Harold Scott’s mother Fanny, from 16th January 1916
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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