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SCOTT-YOUNG, Eric
| Service Numbers: | 117, T253576 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 18 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cressy, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 117, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 117, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 117 |
World War 2 Service
| 31 May 1940: | Involvement T253576 | |
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| 31 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 31 May 1940: | Enlisted T253576 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Cree
Eric Scott - Young , son of Mr. R. Scott - Young, Superintendent of the Bank of Adelaide, Adelaide and of Mrs. R. Scott - Young, was born in that city on 18th September 1894. He was educated at St. Peter's College and entered the Bank's service at Adelaide on 16th August 1913 He enlisted on 18th August, 1914, embarked on 20th October, and trained in Egypt until he left for Gallipoli with the 1st Australian Divisional Signal Company. He was present at the Landing on 25th April 1915, and served on the Peninsula until July 1915, when he was wounded in the leg. He was transferred to a hospital at Malta for some weeks, thence to a hospital in London.
On recovery Eric Scott - Young entered the Royal Engineers Training School, and after qualifying for his commission was gazetted second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 2nd July, 1916. Six weeks later he was sent to France in command of a signal section attached to the heavy artillery. In March 1917, he was promoted on the field to the rank of first lieutenant, and was invalided to England in the following month.
Lieutenant Eric Scott - Young, in July 1918, was again drafted to France, where he remained until after the signing of the Armistice, and was discharged in England on 18th February, 1919
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