William SCOTT

Regimental number42584
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinSister, Miss Joan Scott, Perth Street, Waikouaiti, Otago
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 21 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No 12), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Foster-parents: the late James Irvine Scott and Catherine Scott, Waikouaiti
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 12

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