Regimental number | 61720 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Warrnambool, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Dairyman |
Address | Terang, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 4.5" |
Weight | 136 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, J Scroggie, Terang, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in the Cadets; 1 year in the 20th Australian Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Terang, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th General (Victorian) Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th General Service Reinforcements |
Fate | Died at sea |
Place of burial | At sea |
Commemoration details | Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 185 |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3658 Pte James SCROGGIE, 29th Bn, returned to Australia, 30 January 1918. |
Other details |
War service: embarked Melbourne, 31 August 1918. Ship departed Capetown, South Africa, 6.30 pm, 6 October 1918; anchored off Freetown, Sierra Leone, 10 am, 20 October 1918. OC Troops on board, Lt Col H. POPE cabled Secretary of Defence from Freetown: 'Severe Epidemic Influenza Six hundred cases. Caused following eleven deaths ... ' Admitted to ship's hospital, 15 October 1918 (influenza). Died, and buried at sea, 19 October 1918. Medal: British War Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SCROGGIE Leslie Roy |