Robert Scott
Born 19 Sept 1894 - Died 16 Apr 1918
- Service number
- WWI 12/459 AWMM
- Also known as
- Robert Scott AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Entrenching Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Robert AWMM
- Surname
- Scott AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Robert Scott AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/459 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 19 Sept 1894 Kiwi Jocks Research
Muirhouse, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire AWMM - Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 11 Aug 1914 AWMM Waihou, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Robert Scott (father), The Ranche, Ngarua, via Waitoa, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/459 AWMM
- Military service
- 6th Hauraki Regiment (14 months service) AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Paeroa Camp AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 11 Aug 1914 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 10 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
149 pounds AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded in action and hospitalised 30 April 1915 AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Entrenching Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Robert and Jane Lockhart Scott, of The Ranch, Ngarua, Waitoa, Hamilton.
Disembarked SS Waimana 3 December 1914.
Appointed Lance Corporal at Ismalia 6 March 1916.
Embarked from Alexandria for Dardanelles 12 April 1915.
Wounded in action at Dardanelles and admitted to Military Hospital at Ras-el-tin in Alexandria with gunshot wound to knee 30 April 1915. Transferred to England from the Middle East and admitted to No. 1 Southern General Hospital at Birmingham 16 May 1915. Discharged from hospital and marched into NZ Command Depot at Codford 1 September 1915.
Returned to duty 1 September 1915 at New Zealand Command Depot at Codsford
Embarked 16 September embarked for the Dardenelles from England, rejoining unit at Mudras on 28 September 1915.
Embarked for France from Port Said on 6 April 1916.
Appointed Temporary Corporal in the field, France, on 28 October 1916.
Promoted to Corporal 16 January 1917.
Attached to strength of New Zealand Divisional HQs for duties with Camp Commandant 15 March 1917.
Detached to School of Instruction 1 November 1917
Granted leave to the UK 14 December 1917.
Rejoined Divisional HQs from leave 3 January 1918.
Attached for duty at Gas Corps School 16 February 1918.
Marched into NZ Base Depot at Etaples 28 March 1918.
Transferred to No 2 Entrenching Battalion 1 April 1918.
Reported missing from the No. 2 Entrenching Battalion, but thought to be a Prisoner of War on 12 April 1918.
Transcript of Telegram sent 28.10.1918. " To J.L. Scott
The Ranche Ngarua Waitoa
Regret to advise you cable received this day reports that 12/459 R. Scott was Killed in action April 16th finding of Court of Enquiry. Please accept my sincerest sympathy on the loss what you and new Zealand has suffered. J. Allen
Ministry of Defence"
Court of Enquiry found him Killed in Action on 16.4.1918
At a Court of Enquiry held on 18 October 1918 it was found that as Sgt. Scott had been missing for a period of six months and in that time no information had been received concerning him, nor had he ever been reported as a Prisoner of War, he was therefore believed Killed in Action on or about 16 April 1918.
Next of Kin: Mr R. Scott, Ngarua, Waitoa, Piako (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 16 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age 27 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
- Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7815312
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738262/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738262
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 648 - Information kindly provided by family
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 5: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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