Reginald James SCOWCROFT

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SCOWCROFT, Reginald James

Service Number:	2654
Enlisted:	14 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 14 May 1892
Home Town:	Chiltern, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Chiltern State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chiltern War Memorial Gates, Kew War Memorial, Shire of Chiltern Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2654, Depot Battalion
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography

"...2654 Private Reginald James Scowcroft, 7th Battalion, of Chiltern, Victoria. A tailor prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Anchises on 26 August 1915. While in Egypt in February 1916, Pte Scowcroft was among those from the 7th Battalion to be recruited into the newly formed 59th Battalion. Arriving in France in June 1916, the 59th Battalion became involved in its first major battle on the Western Front a month later at Fromelles. Attacking in the first wave, the battalion suffered heavy casualties. Pte Scowcroft was killed in action on the first day of the battle on 19 July 1916, aged 24. His name is commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

"Mrs A. Nicholson, of Chiltern, was notified on Saturday last by the Defence department that her son, Private Reg Scowcroft, has been missing since July 19. He was only a week in France, having landed there on July 12. Private Scowcroft, who was 21 years of age, and a native of Chiltern, was one of the one hundred picked men who were the last to leave Gallipoli at the evacuation." - from the Chiltern Federal Standard 08 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

Memorial details: VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France

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