Robert Francis Coghill Scott

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Robert Francis Coghill AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Scott AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 10/2482 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Whānautanga mai

24 Feb 1891 AWMM
Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre 13 Mar 1915 AWMM Kingsview Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs I. Scott (mother), Kingsview Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Armentieres AWMM
• Somme AWMM
• Messines AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 10/2482 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• 4 years as school cadet AWMM
• Served with the Highland Rifle Volunteers, 3 Auckland Infantry Battalion (Countess of Ranfurly's Own), 1909-1912 AWMM
• Transferred to Post & Telegraph Corps and appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 31 October 1912 AWMM
• New Zealand Post & Telegraph Corps AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  MiD citation: "Operations, British Front, Armentieres 7th May to 7th August and the Somme 18th to 19th September 1915. This Officer has done remarkable good work as commander of a company during the last six months. He is full of energy and determination , and a first rate leader of men. During the attack on Flers on the 15th September, Captain Scott showed great dash and boldness in leading his men and pushing out to a forward position where he was wounded." (London Gazette, 4 January 1917, p261, Rec No 367) AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 13 Mar 1915 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM
Postal clerk/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 10 inches AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Black AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded in action on the Somme, 16 September 1916 AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded in action at Messines on 9 June 1917, received a fractured skull AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Sent to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station and died later that day AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Matenga

9 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. C. 106. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Magazine Chronicle, Third Term 1917 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Family grave memorial, Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Epsom Presbyterian Church, 10 Gardner Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Marivare Reserve, corner of Manukau and Ranfurly Roads, Epsom, Auckland AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7815318
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• Marivare Reserve Memorial Archway Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC204/searchmarivare.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/201482/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/201482
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Military Personnel file
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 648
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1917, Third term. p.13.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915