Percy Burdett SCOUGALL

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SCOUGALL, Percy Burdett

Service Number:	233
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	17 December 1878, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Torquay, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, 23 June 1964, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Tiaro Shire Boer War Honour Roll, Tiaro War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 233, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 233, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 484 notes 5th QIB embarked 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 233, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 returning to Australia aboard St Andrew arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Percy Burdett Scougall was born on 17 Dec 1878 at Bundaberg, Queensland, a son to Richard Walter Scougall and Catherine Alice Bellward Scougall (nee Weaver). He married Alice Lilian Clayton on 24 Nov 1908 at Toowong, Brisbane and they had 3 children.

At the time of his marriage he owned the property "Ramornie" at Tiaro, Queensland which became the family home where the undertook sugar cane farming.

(sources- Qld BDM registers; Reminicences of the Past, Marybourough Chronicle, 14 Feb 1911; Gordon Family Tree on Rootsweb).

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