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James Lindsay SCOUGALL

Regimental number3182
Date of birth16 December 1885
Place of birthApsley, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressPialba, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 9.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Marian Scougall, Pialba, Queensland
Previous military serviceRifle Club Reserves: 3 yrs.
Enlistment date15 June 1916
Place of enlistmentMaryborough, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 28 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
George and Mary Ann SCOUGALL
Discharge date19 February 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3181 Sapper George Sinclair SCOUGALL, 14th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 19 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Sardinia', 19 October 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 27 December 1918, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 19 February 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
Date of death11 March 1933
Age at death37
Place of burialPolson Cemetery, Hervey Bay, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, SCOUGALL James Lindsay

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