John Dougald SCOTT

Regimental number2378
Place of birthBell Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
SchoolAuburn State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHardware assistant
Address41 Flower Street, Essendon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, James Scott, 41 Flower Street, Essendon, Victoria
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row C, Grave No. 9), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth SCOTT, 41 FLOWER Street, Essendon, Victoria
Family/military connectionsHis brother James Gavin Scott 5th Machine Gun Batt 14 Company No 815 served.