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Edward Andrew Scott was taken on strength by the 48th Battalion in Egypt on the 19 April 1916. He fought at Pozieres and was wounded in action with a gunshot wound to the neck on 6 August 1916. He was sent to England for treatment. He returned to France and rejoined the 48th Battalion on the 19 December 1916. He would have spent much of the winter of 1916 - 1917 in the trenches.

In April 1917, the 48th Battalion was involved in the First Battle of Bullecourt, which caused heavy casualties to the battalion. Edward also fought at Messines and in the Battle of Passchendaele during 1917, nad was given a couple of weeks leave to England during January 1918.

Late March of that year saw the German Army launch its last ditch bid for victory with a "Spring Offensive". Edward Andrew Scott received a gunshot wound to the head on the 28 March 1918 and died two days later in a General Hospital at Camiers.

His older brother, 2797 Pte. Archibald Allen Scott 60th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Fromelles on the 19 July 1916, age 29.

Another older brother, 798 Private James Richard Scott 43rd Battalion AIF, was shot in the chest and severely wounded at Messines on 7 June 1917. He was evacuated to England and returned to Australia 1 November 1917, with the gunshot wound, valvular disorder of the heart and debility. James Richard Scott died in a Soldiers home in Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 23 July 1923, at 39 years of age.