SCOTT, Robert Bruce
| Service Number: | 7103 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College, Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Australia, 23 June 1919, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7103, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7103, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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From the book Fallen Saints - Robert Bruce Scott of Neutral Bay New South Wales was born in Adelaide. He enlisted on 3 July 1917 and had until then been employed as an accountant in Sydney.
At the end of October, he sailed from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides with the 21st quota of reinforcements for the 17th Battalion and was taken on the strength of the 5th Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire, England on Boxing Day. He embarked for France on 1 April and upon arrival was transferred to No 1 Overflow Camp for a week before then joining the 17th Battalion at Beaumarais, France. In late August, he was found to be suffering from a heart condition and after being declared medically unfit was invalided back to Australia via England, discharged from the Army in late January 1919, and died on 23 June 1919; he was 48 years of age.
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