SCOTT, Albert
| Service Number: | 949 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Maryborough, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, 28 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bauple, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Raby State School |
| Occupation: | Cane cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 28 April 1915, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row D, Grave No. 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tiaro War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 949, Maryborough, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 949, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 949, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 28 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 949, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
WW1
The information provided has been published (2019) in the book "The Lost Boys" written by Paul Byrnes. Details of Albert Stanley Scott are written at pages 30 - 48 of this book. Lest We Forget Rest In Peace.
Submitted 24 August 2022 by Maxwell HILL
Biography contributed by Paul Trevor
Private Albert Stanley Scott (No. 949) 15th Infantry Battalion.
Albert Scott was born on 28 August 1897 at Gympie, Queensland. Before enlisting in September 1914 he was working as a cane cutter. He joined the 15th Infantry Battalion and embarked from Melbourne on Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914. Albert was killed on 28 April 1915 on the hills above the beach of Gallipoli. He was buried at Popes Hill Cemetery, but later reinterred at Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey. He was aged 17 years 8 months.
As an example of the confusion of the era, after recieving news from the Army of his death, his father sent a letter to the Minister of Defence enquiring as to whether his son was Alive or Dead as the media had reported that he was only wounded. Alas the latter was true. READ MORE (Page 3) (www.gundiahgazette.com.au)
'IN MEMORIAM.
SCOTT. — In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Albert Stanley Scott, who was among those who fell, fighting at Gallipoli, on the 23rd of May, 1915.
Dear lad, he went to answer duty's call,
For love of home, of flag, and country he did fall.
He fell upon a far distant hostile shore;
He gave his life, and man can do no more.
"Gone, but not forgotten." (Inserted by his loving parents, brothers and sisters)." - from the Maryborough Chronicle 23 May 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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