SCOTT, William Adnet Alexander
| Service Number: | 4564 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, 2 year Senior Cadets, 2 years 16th infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | Railway Parade, Canley Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1959, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Portion: Mth Section: Sec 1 - New Plot: 1244. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4564, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 2 year Senior Cadets, 2 years 16th infantry | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4564, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4564, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 21 Jun 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4564, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically discharged (wounding, leg amputated) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 18th name inscribed is Private William Adnet Alexander Scott Jnr.
On the 17th October 1959, Private William Adnet Alexander Scott Jnr, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-4564), wheeler (Messrs. J. and A. Brown's Duckenfield Colliery), from Purple Hill, Minmi, New South Wales and Railway Parade, Canley Vale, N.S.W. (1920), father of two-(Irene, Allan), died age 63 years 10 months, and was laid to rest at Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, N.S.W., date unknown. Portion: Mth Section: Sec 1 - New Plot: 1244. Not listed on website.
Born at Minmi, New South Wales on the 9th December 1895 to William Snr, died 5.1.1925, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., buried at Minmi Cemetery - Left Hand Side, Section 29, Plot 010, late of Minmi, from Neath Street, Pelaw Main, N.S.W., and Mary Ellen Martha Francis Scott nee Elsley, died 27.6.1928, Gosford, N.S.W., age 57, sleeping at Minmi Cemetery - Left Hand Side, Section 29, Plot 010, late of Minmi, from Neath Street, Pelaw Main, N.S.W.; husband of Maude Scott nee?, married?, died?
Will enlisted on the 25th August 1915, age 19 years 8 months, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 5.5.1916 (coryza), 15.5.1916 (rheumatic fever), 31.12.1916 (typhoid fever), 13.1.1917 (enteric fever), 15.4.1917 (scabies).
Granted leave to England from 16.3.1917 to 31.3.1917 and 21.12.1918 to 4.1.1919.
Wounded in action - 18.9.1918 (GSW left ankle, left calf & left buttock, right leg, severe).
Invalided to England 27.9.1918.
Amputated right leg (at knee) 28.9.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 19.4.1919.
Will arrived home invalided on the 10th June 1919, not being discharged until the 20th June 1920.
Mr. Scott’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour.
Service record states Deceased 17/10/1959 (IWGC).
Officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
I would like to see poppies placed at Will’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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