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Thomas SCRIMGEOUR

Regimental number2137
Place of birthColac, Victoria
SchoolTerang State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGray Street, Terang, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Scrimgeour, Gray Street, Terang, Victoria
Enlistment date29 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds whilst Prisoner of War in Germany.
FateDied of wounds 23 July 1916
Place of death or woundingGermany
Age at death21
Place of burialValenciennes 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 connectionsBrother: 1962 Pte James SCRIMGEOUR, 58th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 October 1917.

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