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Harold SCOTT

Regimental number787
Place of birthWallsend, New South Wales
SchoolWallsend Public School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLoco acting fireman
AddressMurnain Street, Wallsend via Newcastle, New South Wales
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMr Scott, Murnain Street, Wallsend via Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the School Cadets and later in Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date17 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name13th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board TRANSPORT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was one of the team of 16th Infantry that won the Empire challenge cup in 1914.
FateKilled in Action 21 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death19.11
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 36), 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
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Fanny SCOTT, Murnain Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsTwo cousins both killed in 13th Batt, Bandsman King and Pte Goode.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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