Gustave Richard SCOTT

Regimental number6/2827
Date of birth2 January 1894
Place of birthNew Zealand
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressTakaka, Nelson
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 8"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Scott, Birch Hill, Takaka, Nelson
Enlistment date9 April 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 27 Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankSergeant
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 May 1918
Discharge date30 October 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

[First part of Form B103 missing.]

Wounded in action (third occasion), 3 December 1917 (gun shot wound, buttock)Admitted to Mile End Military Hospital, London, 7 December 1917; transferred to 3rd NZ General Hospital, Codford, 25 January 1918; discharged to NZ Depot, Torquay, 11 March 1918.

Classified 'Unfit' by Medical Board, 13 March 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Ulimaroa', 1 May 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 30 October 1918.

War service: 3 years 205 days (of which 2 years 305 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Sixth
Date of death22 January 1965 Nelson
Age at death71
SourcesFile 0361329, New Zealand Defence Force Archives, Trentham Military Camp.