
| Regimental number | 1171 |
| Place of birth | Don North, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Miner |
| Address | Queenstown, Tasmania |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age at embarkation | 37 |
| Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Nellie Jean Scholes, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
| Unit name | Mining Corps, Company 3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Tunnelling Company |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Place of death or wounding | France |
| Age at death | 40 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 40 |
| Place of burial | Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 17), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Christina SCHOLES; husband of Ellen SCHOLES, Beauty Point, Tasmania |