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SCOTT, Harold

Service Number:	1089
Enlisted:	6 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pine Mountain, Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1894
Home Town:	Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Blenheim State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendeale, Belgium, 18 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Laidley Memorial Park Gates, Laidley War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sandgate War Memorial

World War 1 Service

6 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
18 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1089, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1089 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-18

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Biography

Parents: George Scott and Emily Scott (nee Foreman), Kate Street, Sandgate, Queensland.