Walter George SCOTT

Regimental number30647
OccupationPlumber
Next of kinSister, Mrs Fred Strickland, Fellowfield Avenue, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 19 January 1917
The Machine Gun Section left on two ships, 'Waitemata' and 'Ulimaroa', on 19 January 1917. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 5 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 9 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No 6), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Matilda Scott, Manners Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 25

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