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SCOTT, Stephen Sarsfield

Service Number:	1235
Enlisted:	8 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1883
Home Town:	Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1235, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1235, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1235, 35th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW right thigh
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1235, 35th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele

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