SCOTT, Robert
| Service Number: | 139 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Inverness, Scotland, February 1890 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer and Shearer |
| Died: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 2 December 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-B8. 57. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 139, 11th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 139, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 139, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 139, 11th Machine Gun Company, 1 MD, Medically unfit due to wounding |
My great grandfather
He died before my mother was born , she is the daughter of his daughter Margaret .
We would love to see a photo of Robert
Submitted 8 March 2024 by Lauren Scott
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
74 years ago today, on the 5th December 1949, Private Robert Scott, 11th Australian Machine Gun Company (Reg No-139), farm labourer or shearer from Yarronvale, Charleville, Queensland and Brisbane, Queensland (1917) and Islington, N.S.W.?, father of two (Heather, Margaret), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 58. PRESBYTERIAN-B8. 57.
No death or funeral notice located.
Born at Inverness, Scotland about 1891 to Duncan and Mary Scott of Stuart Street, Inverness, Scotland; married?, Robert enlisted on the 13th March 1916 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 12th July 1916.
Wounded in action - 12.1.1917 (GSW right forearm, fracture right ulnar, severe, Armentieres, France).
Commenced return to Australia 4.5.1917.
Robert arrived home invalided on the 4th July 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 23rd August 1917.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, wounding, returning home, etc.
Mr. Scott’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 2/12/1949.
Officially commemorated 29.6.1950 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
I have placed poppies at Robert’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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