SCOTT, Joseph
| Service Number: | 2302 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1916, 4th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 8 April 1887 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | MIner |
| Died: | Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 48th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2302, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2302, 48th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2302 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph Scott was the son of Joseph and Mary Scott of Launceston, Tasmania. The father, Joseph, died in a work tramway accident in Tasmania during 1915, at 60 years of age.
Joseph was a miner and he had gone to Broken Hill, New South Wales for work. He enlisted in early 1916, shortly after his Dad’s death, in Adelaide, South Australia.
Joseph was a member of the 48th Battalion and joined the unit on the Western Front in February 1917. He was made a Lance Corporal after the fighting around Ypres in late 1917. Joseph had a couple of weeks leave in England before he was killed in action as part of the force holding back the German offensive near Dernancourt. He has no known grave.
Joseph was Mrs. Scott’s eldest son, and he died three days before his 31st birthday.
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