William David SCOTT

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Service Numbers:	1856, 7112
Enlisted:	17 June 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1893
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Ieper), West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Buckley Street Methodist Sunday School Honor Roll, Bendigo Buckley Street Methodist Sunday School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

17 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1856, 29th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
29 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1856, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
29 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1856, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1856, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria, HMAT A64 Demosthenes. RTA 1 July 1916 per HMAT A47 Mashobra (VD) and spent several months at Langwarrin, Vic. hospital.
3 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. Allocated new SN 7112
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7112, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7112, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7112, 8th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road

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