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SCOTT, Robert Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 173 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Bray-sur-Somme, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 173, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 173, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 173, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 173 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-22 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Lance-Corporal R. R. SCOTT, 43rd Battalion, died of wounds in France on August 22. He enlisted in January, 1916, and sailed for the front in June. He was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Scott, of Military-road, Semaphore (late of Elder-road, Birkenhead). He was 25 years of age, and was esteemed by all who knew him.
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