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SCOTT, Rupert Douglas Charles
| Service Number: | 2095 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 12, Site No: 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Royal Oak Lodge Honor Roll, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 2095, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 2095, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2095 |
Rupert Douglas Charles Scott
Name: Rupert Douglas Charles Scott
Service Number: 2095
Place of Birth: Kapunda
Date of Birth: 14 February 1894
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 17 August 1914
Age at Enlistment: 20 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mother [name not provided]
Occupation: Storeman
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Driver 3
rd Brigade Ammunition Column.
Rupert was the son of James and Maria Scott [nee Thompson]. Rupert left
Adelaide on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 October 1914 bound for Egypt. He
fought at Gallipoli in 1915 where he contracted pythisis / tuberculosis on 7
July 1915 and was admitted to hospital for treatment. Due to the seriousness
of his condition Rupert was returned to Australia on H.S.Euripides on 29
August and discharged as medically unfit on 25 January 1916.
Source: NAA / B2455 / R.D.C.Scott.
Submitted 20 October 2023 by christopher collins
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