Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Place of Enlistment

England

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

17/01/1920

Address (at enlistment)

Yarralumla ACT

School(s) Attended

Ainslie Primary School (-1927); Telopea Park Primary School (1927-) Telopea Park Intermediate High School [original Canberra High School].

Occupation

Pilot

Next of Kin

Son of Alexander Campbell Scott and Violet May Scott, Government House, Canberra ACT; brother of Alister.

Burial Place

Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) cemetery, Essex, England: Plot R, grave 12214.

Service Number

40852

Final Rank

Pilot Officer

Final Unit

616 Squadron RAF

Died 4 June 1940 aged 20 years, in aircraft crash at Southend on the Sea, England.

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Forrest, Canberra. Screen in Warriors' Chapel.
Canberra High School Memorial Tablet
Honour Roll in 'The Beacon', the Magazine of Ainslie School 1943

Eric Scott was a Sergeant with the 3rd Battalion Militia unit before enlisting. He was farewelled from Canberra just before his 18th birthday as he was leaving for England to join the Royal Air Force. He trained at Peterborough in England and during the war served as a fighter pilot with 616 Squadron of the RAF. He died on 4 June 1940 when his Spitfire crashed during the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, France. His father was for some years head gardener at Government House. His older brother Alastair also served in World War 2.

Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs. World War 2 nominal roll. <http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/> NOT listed there OR on AWM Roll of Honour database. Probably because in RAF unit
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Debt of Honour Register. <http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search/>
Presbyterian Church of Australia. Church of St Andrew, Canberra. Form and order for the dedication of the memorial window and memorials in the Warriors' Chapel, Sunday, 14th November, 1948. Canberra, 1948.
Barbara Petersen. Acts of faith: the story of the Church of St Andrews, Canberra. Gundaroo, Brolga Press, 2001, (p.60)
Canberra High School. Roll of Honour 1939-1945. [Plaque in school]
Ross F. Rowe, 'The Building and Furnishing of the Presbyterian Church of St. Andrew's', 1992
Canberra High School. Albums compiled for student project researching names on School Roll of Honour, 1985.
Canberra High School. Unveiling of Memorial Tablet. Friday, 25th April 1947. [Programme]
The Echo [quarterly newsletter of the Presbyterian Canberra Parish of St Andrew]: no. 1, October 1942, p.4; Jan 1944 supplement.
The Canberra Times - 19 January 1938, 8 September 1938, 6 June 1940, 10 June 1940, 17 July 1940, 3 June 1944