SCOTT, Andrew Anderson
| Service Numbers: | 68, 5415 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Rangeville State School, Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Tree Plaque: |
Roma Heroes Avenue
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gatton Agricultural College HR, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Taroom War Memorial, Toowoomba Rangeville State School Pictorial Honour Board 1, Toowoomba Rangeville State School Pictorial Roll of Honour 2, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 68, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 68, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 68, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5415, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5415, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Son of Wallace Oakhampton Scott and Annie Scott, of Mount Dawson, Toowoomba, Queensland.
KILLED IN ACTION.
SECOND-LIEUTENANT A. A. SCOTT.
The sad intelligence was received in toowoomba yesterday, at about 12 o'clock,from the base records, Melbourne, that Second-Lieutenant Andrew Anderson Scott (eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott, of Mt. Dawson, the Range), previously reported wounded, was now reported killed in action. The Rev. P. Quirk, of St. Luke's Church of England, broke the sad tidings to the relatives, who naturally were very much distressed. The late Second-Lieutenant Scott participated in much fighting. Originally he left Australia on December 1, 1914 and went through Gallipoli, but in December, 1915, he was stricken down with enteric fever and, as a result, he was invalided back to Australia. Later he received his discharge, but subsequently he was requested by the military authorities to report himself. This he did with the result that be again left for the front. That was on August 8, 1916, his rank then being that of a sergeant. From Australia he went to England, where he entered an instructional school, with the object of obtaining a commission. He left for France either in February or March. He achieved his ambition of obtaining a commission on August 8, 1917.
The late gallant soldier was 27 Years of age on December 18 last, and prior to enlisting, was engaged on his father's station at Hornet Bank, besides having been connected with other stations in the west and the north, where he was very well known, and held in the highest esteem. He was an unassuming young fellow, immensely popular, and his pluck was characteristic of that, shown by our Australian soldiers, by means of which they have made for themselves a name that will live long in history. A photograph of the late Second- Lieutenant Scott, together with that of his brothel, Wallace O .Scott, is on the Honor Board at the Rangeville school, which was unveiled some months since.
To the parents and relatives, and to the late gallant soldier's fiancee (Miss Cecily Doneley), the sympathy of the community is extended in the great loss they have sustained.
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