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William Robert SCOTT

Regimental number2042
Place of birthHobart Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Address373 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMrs Martha Scott, Oatlands, Tasmania
Enlistment date27 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 April 1914
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Battery 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollComissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. I), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alec and Martha SCOTT. Native of Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4957 Bombardier Charles SCOTT, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 12 April 1919.

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