Regimental number | 2137 |
Place of birth | Colac, Victoria |
School | Terang State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Gray Street, Terang, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Scrimgeour, Gray Street, Terang, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 29th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/46/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 29th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of wounds whilst Prisoner of War in Germany. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Germany |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | Valenciennes Communal Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 2), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 116 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Terang Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: John (d. 17 March 1910, aged 54; bu. Terang) and Mary (d. 24 October 1945, aged 85; bu. Terang) SCRIMGEOUR, Grey Street, Terang, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1962 Pte James SCRIMGEOUR, 58th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 October 1917. |