Lewis George SCOTT

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SCOTT, Lewis George

Service Numbers:	366, 365
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, An original member of C Company
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 6 September 1893
Home Town:	Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 366, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 366, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 366, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
5 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
6 Apr 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 365, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 365 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-06

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Lewis George Scott was one of the three sons of George Alexander Scott and Katherine Elizabeth Scott of Devonport, Tasmania, who enlisted in the AIF during WW1. His older brother, Lce. Cpl. Norman Roy Scott 52nd Battalion was killed in action at Mouquet Farm on the night of 3-4 September 1916, aged 29.

Lewis was an original member of the 12th Battalion, being amongst the first Australians to enlist. He survived the entire Gallipoli campaign and the heavy fighting at Pozieres during 1916.

Another brother, 2457 Pte. William Pringle Scott served with the 1st Remount Unit in Egypt.

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