SCOTT, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 667 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1916, An original member of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland, 3 September 1885 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Josephs School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Kyneton War Memorial, Trentham War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 667, 38th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 667, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 667, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Joseph Scott was the son of the late James Joseph and Maria Scott, Clifton Hill, Victoria. John had been born in Dublin, Ireland and had come to Australia with his family when he was about five years of age. He seemed to have been raised in Bendigo and worked as a grocer with Daniel and Keating in Woodend. His father practiced as a dentist and chemist in Trentham, Victoria before he passed away in 1915.
Known as ‘Jack’ Scott to his family and friends, he was an older brother to 1451 Cpl. Joseph Patrick Scott 13th Field Artillery Brigade who had been killed in action in Belgium on 21 August 1917, aged 25. Another younger brother, 1452 Pte. William Kevin Scott also served in the same unit as Joseph and was returned to Australia during May 1918, for ‘family reasons’ due to the death of his two brothers.
‘Jack’ had arrived on the Western Front with the 3rd Division during November 1916. He was first reported missing in action, 13 October 1917, a Court of Enquiry, held in April 1918, confirmed his fate as killed in action, Belgium, 13 October 1917.
In his Red Cross wounded and missing file there several witnesses who state he was mortally wounded by a bullet on 12 October 1917.
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