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Joseph Patrick SCOTT

Regimental number1451
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolMarist Bros (Catholic) College, Bendigo, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationDriver
AddressTrentham, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Scott, Trentham, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Bendigo Militia Field, Field Artillery, Albert Park.
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 21 August 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialVlamertinghe New Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row F, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Maria SCOTT, 50 Ramsden Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria. Native of South Melbourne
Family/military connectionsBrother: 667 Pte John Joseph SCOTT, 38th Bn, killed in action, 13 October 1917.
Other details

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

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