SCOBLE, Roy William
| Service Number: | 275 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, An original member of B Company 12th Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, 20 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Beaconsfield, West Tamar, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Beaconsfield State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Trimmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 2 September 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 275, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company 12th Bn. | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 275, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 275, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 2 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 275, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 275 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-09-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
An original member of the 12th Battalion, Roy Scoble was among the first Australians to enlist in WW1 during August 1914. He took part in the Anzac landing and was evacuated wounded during the first week with bomb splinters in his scalp. He was again wounded during June 1915.
He transferred to the 52nd Battalion in Egypt and was promoted Corporal and then Sergeant before they were engaged at Mouquet Farm in September 1916. A Gallipoli veteran, twice wounded, he was probably killed by a shell on the eve of his first major battle on the Western Front. His service file simply states he was killed in action on 2 September 1916, and he has no known grave.
The following was published in the Launceston Examiner during November 1916, “Mrs. Scoble, of Beaconsfield, has received the following letter from Chaplain Donald Burns Blackwood, in France: - ‘I write to extend to you my very sincere sympathy in the sad loss of your splendid son Sergeant Roy Scoble, in the great action of our brigade early this month. He played his part splendidly. You may well be proud of such a son. He was a great favourite amongst officers and men. Of course, I often saw him and spoke to him. He used to help with our choir singing in Egypt.’”
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