Albert James (Scotty) SCOTT

Albert James (Scotty) SCOTT Update Details

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Service Number:	2453
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, 5th reinforcements, 23rd battalion, 6th regiment
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1897
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coach Painter/ motor mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Zonnebeke Ridge, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 23.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2453, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 5th reinforcements, 23rd battalion, 6th regiment
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2453, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2453, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2453, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, killed in action after being hit in the leg and arm by fragments and soon after in the head

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