SCRYMGOUR, Leonard
| Service Number: | 2781 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Travelling Storeman |
| Died: | Norwood, South Australia, 30 January 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 10, Site No: 72 |
| Memorials: | New Thebarton Lodge No 23 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2781, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2781, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2781, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2781, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW Arm & Right Knee |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Leonard Scrymgour was a soldier of the 27th battalion in World War 1. Hhe was born in North Adelaide, South Australia in 1887. Before Leonard enlisted for the army he was a traveling storeman, living on Henley Beach Road in Mile End, South Australia. Leonard’s closest relative to him was his mother Susan Jane Scrymgour.
On the 2nd of August 1915 Leonard enlisted for the army. A after around 2 months of enlisting he embarked on the HMAT Benalla on the 27th of October 1915. He was badly wounded at Pozières in July 1916. Leonard spent just under 4 years in the army before he returned to Australia on the 12th of April 1919. While he was at war his battalion managed to capture 9 artillery pieces, 25 machine guns and 200 prisoners.
He died on the 30th of January 1958 and his body was buried in the AIF, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
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