William Maclean SCHOLES

Regimental number38751
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolSouthport Grammar School, NSW and Tweed Heads Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper
AddressTweed Heads, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, William George Scholes, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 33
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 19 December 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20.9
Place of burialDoingt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary SCHOLES, Macpherson Street, Waverley, New South Wales. Native of Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal