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Douglas Elliott SCOTT

Regimental number68
Place of birthSpring Bank, Kapunda, South Australia
SchoolKapunda Model School, South Australia
ReligionCongregational
OccupationFarmer
AddressSpring Bank, Kapunda, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Thomas Scott, Spring Bank, Kapunda, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the 23rd Light Horse, 4th Military District, Citizen Military Forces..
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death21
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 3), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Kapunda Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: Thomas (d. 22 April 1928, aged 70; bu. Kapunda) and Fanny (1861-1947; bu. Kapunda) SCOTT
Family/military connectionsBrother: 66 Sergeant Sydney Bruce SCOTT, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 7 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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