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Thomas Moffatt SCOTT

Regimental number983
Place of birthLerwick, Shetland, Scotland
SchoolAnderson Education Institute, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDrover
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Captain Scott, King Harold Street, Lerwich, Shetland Isles, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed in the 7th Batt Gordon Highlanders, Territorial Force.
Enlistment date3 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on 22 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll984
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 14 July 1918
Place of death or woundingJericho
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialJerusalem War Cemetery (Row J, Grave No. 17), Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
2
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Captain John and Mrs Elizabeth SCOTT, 37 Francis Street, Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsHis brother Bertram Scott died.

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