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SCOTT, John Walter
| Service Number: | 3305 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915, 29/7/1915-9/9/1915 Base Infantry Exhibition + Adelaide Oval. 9/9/15-14/3/15 11th Rfs 16th Battalion. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 26 June 1886, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bramfield, Elliston, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist |
| Died: | 1 March 1954, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bramfield Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Elliston War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 29/7/1915-9/9/1915 Base Infantry Exhibition + Adelaide Oval. 9/9/15-14/3/15 11th Rfs 16th Battalion. | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3305, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3305, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Served in Egypt and France. | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , 48th Battalion - Pozieres 5-7 August 1916. Scott was WIA on the 6 August - GSW leg. | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gunshot Wound - Leg (mild). 14/8/1916 Embarked MHS 'Dieffe'at Calais for England. Admitted Frenshaw Hill Military Hospital. 5/10/1916 Discharged from Convalescent Hospital. Spent time in England before returning to 48th Battalion. | |
| 4 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined 48th Battalion in France after recuperating from GSW. | |
| 18 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, Scabies. | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), 30/3/1917 Rejoined 48th Battalion (from hospital-scabies). With 48th Battalion during First Bullecourt campaign. | |
| 2 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Train, 2/6/1917-28/8/1917 Detached for duty to the Divisional Pack Train. | |
| 28 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, Scott was with the 48th Battalion during the time they fought at Polygon Wood (26 Sep-3 Oct 1917) and at First Passchendaele (12 Oct 1917). | |
| 28 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Returned to 48th Battalion from Divisional Pack Train. | |
| 9 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, Scott served with the 48th Battalion during the time of the Battalion's campaigns at Dernancourt/Ancre (27 Mar 1918-30 April 1918) and Amiens (8 Aug 1918-11 Aug 1918). | |
| 9 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 48th Infantry Battalion, Private Appointed Driver under AIF Order no 785. | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3305, 48th Infantry Battalion, 21/1/1919 Marched Out for return to Australia. 27/1/1919 Transferred to England. 16/5/1919 Disembarked HT 'Armagh'- Devonport. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Colleen Peters
Son of Andrew and Christina Scott (one of eleven children), Bramfield Station, Bramfield (Scott, 1981 p. 72).
John Walter Scott, born 26 June 1886, was named not after the poet but in honour of Walter Hamp of nearby Chickerloo Station. Fond of horses and dogs, he worked on Yardea Station at the western end of the Gawler Ranges for a while in his youth.
Later as a skilled horseman, Johnnie Scott moved to the northern-most tip of the Flinders Range where he was employed on Blanchwater Station then renowned for the quality of its horses.
Still pursuing adventure, John was working in the Channel Country of south-west Queensland when the First World War broke out. He hastened to enlist but found opportunity to visit his brother Andrew at Wilmington before embarkation. No doubt he went to Bramfield also.
Serving with distinction in Egypt and in France, John Scott was the recipient of medals.
Wounded on active service he was hospitalised in England, later going up to Scotland to stay with cousins on his mother's side namely the Inglis family at Hawik.
It must be assumed that there were no relatives on his father's side remaining in the area.
After the war, Johnnie Scott settled down at Bramfield Station for the remainder of his life.
He was a well read man though a reticent type. His opinions were accepted with respect.
For many years a Justice of the Peace, John Scott would preside at Local Court sittings and there were occassions when pronouncing penalty he would reach for his own wallet from which to pay the fine (Scott, 1981 p. 105).
F.A. Scott (1981), 'The Migrant Scotts and Their Descendants'. Printed by Tilbrook Brothers-'Northern Argus' Clare, South Australia. ISBN 0 9594145 0 9.
Biography contributed by Colleen Peters
Son of Andrew and Christina Scott (one of eleven children), Bramfield Station, Bramfield (Scott, 1981 p. 72).
John Walter Scott, born 26 June 1886, was named not after the poet but in honour of Walter Hamp of nearby Chickerloo Station. Fond of horses and dogs, he worked on Yardea Station at the western end of the Gawler Ranges for a while in his youth.
Later as a skilled horseman, Johnnie Scott moved to the northern-most tip of the Flinders Range where he was employed on Blanchwater Station then renowned for the quality of its horses.
Still pursuing adventure, John was working in the Channel Country of south-west Queensland when the First World War broke out. He hastened to enlist but found opportunity to visit his brother Andrew at Wilmington before embarkation. No doubt he went to Bramfield also.
Serving with distinction in Egypt and in France, John Scott was the recipient of medals.
Wounded on active service he was hospitalised in England, later going up to Scotland to stay with cousins on his mother's side namely the Inglis family at Hawik.
It must be assumed that there were no relatives on his father's side remaining in the area.
After the war, Johnnie Scott settled down at Bramfield Station for the remainder of his life.
He was a well read man though a reticent type. His opinions were accepted with respect.
For many years a Justice of the Peace, John Scott would preside at Local Court sittings and there were occassions when pronouncing penalty he would reach for his own wallet from which to pay the fine (Scott, 1981 p. 105).
F.A. Scott (1981), 'The Migrant Scotts and Their Descendants'. Printed by Tilbrook Brothers-'Northern Argus' Clare, South Australia. ISBN 0 9594145 0 9.
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