SCOLYER, Bernard Locke
| Service Number: | 1832 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 1 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Exeter, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Albert Communal Extension Cemetery Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 25. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgenorth Pictorial Honour Roll, Exeter RSL WW1 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1832, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1832, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1832, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Bernard served at Gallipoli from early September 1915 until the evacuation.
Bernard Scolyer was recommended for a mention in despatches on the day he died, “For exceptional devotion to duty and courage in his work during the attack on Pozieres Ridge 4/5th August 1916 and the period following. He worked ceaselessly for 48 hours, during the whole of which time he was exposed to heavy shell fire. He was killed by an enemy shell at Tara Hill on the night the unit was relieved in the trenches.”
He was one of three brothers who enlisted from Exeter, Tasmania, and brothers Mervyn and Roy Scolyer both served with the Tasmanian 40th Battalion, returning to Australia during 1919.
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