Robert William SCOTT

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Service Number:	1917
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Balgownie, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Balgownie, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 June 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balgownie Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1917, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1917, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1917, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Son of Robert and Isabella Scott of Russel Street, Balgownie, NSW; brother of Elizabeth Scott

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces