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Arthur Gordon SCRAGG

Regimental number302
Place of birthWaverley, New South Wales
SchoolBondi Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressPrevensey Street, Canley Vale, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs A M Scragg, Prevensey Street, Canley Vale, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Cadets.
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll30 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentBugler
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death20.10
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 7), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Amy SCRAGG. Native of Waverley, New South Wales

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