Regimental number | 1601 |
Place of birth | Clarendon, South Australia |
School | Cherry Gardens Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Sawyer |
Address | Clarendon, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. Mary Scroop, Coromandell, Valley, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of dysentry. |
Fate | Died of disease whilst a Prisoner of War |
Place of death or wounding | Angora, Turkey |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (Angora Memorial No. 148), Baghdad |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 7 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Mary SCROOP, Coromandel Valley, South Australia |