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SCOTT, Sylvester White
Personal Details
Service Number: | 16921 |
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Enlisted: | 22 May 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Squadron Engineers |
Born: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Linesman (Post Office) |
Memorials: | Castlemaine Strathloddon Methodist Sunday School Honor Roll, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16921, Field Company Engineers, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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10 May 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 16921, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Boorara, Melbourne | |
10 May 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 16921, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF, Seymour, Vic. | |
21 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, Egypt | |
2 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, Palestine | |
28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16921, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, RTA 26 July 1919 for discharge (TPE). |
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