Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 05/11/1915
- Date of Discharge
- 25/03/1916
- Place of Enlistment
- Goulburn NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Canberra ACT
- Address (at enlistment)
- Canberra ACT
- School(s) Attended
- Canberra School
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Next of Kin
- John Scott (father), Canberra ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 586
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- Depot
Notes
Scott was born in October 1878 at 'Springbank', Canberra and enlisted at Goulburn on 5 November 1915. He was discharged, for unknown reasons, on 25 March 1916. He died on 30 March 1951 and is buried at Woden Cemetery. Scotts Crossing over the Molonglo River near Blundells Cottage is named after his family.
Description - height 5 feet 8½ inches, weight 150 pounds, chest 34 inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair, Catholic, plate required on the top jaw
Sources
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Peter Procter, 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan', Canberra, Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra, 2001 (p.283)