SCOTT, Robert Arrindale
| Service Number: | 2901 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Mangha Regiment |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 17 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mengha, Circular Head, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Mengha State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Heart failure, Mametz Camp, France, 30 January 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (Plot IX, Row J, Grave No. 2), Mametz, France, Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2901, 26th Infantry Battalion, Mangha Regiment | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2901, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2901, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 26 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, With MG section | |
| 25 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion |
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From the Late Sue Guinan
Pte Robert Arrindale SCOTT,
Born 17th January 1895 Launceston Tasmania to Robert and Ellen Scott (nee Best) a farmer who departed Melbourne 27th October 1915 on board “HMAT Ulysses” with the 26th Infantry Battalion.
He died 30th January 1917 in France and was buried in the Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France.
Mr. W. I. Scott, of Mengha, has received word that his son, Private Robert A. Scott, aged 22 years, died of illness from heart failure. Private Scott had been in the trenches for some time. He left Claremont for the front in October, 1915. He is a grandson of Mr. Geo. Best, of Burnie.
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