ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

SCOTT, Douglas Proctor

Full Name: Douglas Proctor

SCOTT

Date of Birth: 11

–

1883

Place of birth: Capel

Australia

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Capel WA

Next of Kin: Father-William Proctor Scott

Next of Kin Address: Capel WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 4598

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-10-26

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-02-12

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-03-10

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KIA

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres France

Age at Death: 32

Burial Location: inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial-No known grave

26/10/1915-To 33 Depot as Private
16/12/1915-To 11th Battalion 14th Reinforcements
4/04/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
8/04/1916-Joined 1st Aust Division Base Depot Etaples France
29/04/1916-Admitted 26th General Hospital Etaples France ( Influenza )
14/05/1916-Rejoined Base Depot Etaples France ex Hospital
12/06/1916-Joined 11th Battalion in the field France
25/07/1916-Reported MISSING IN ACTION Pozieres, France
25/07/1916-Reported KILLED IN ACTION Pozieres, France
25/07/1916-Buried Pozieres Battlefield-Service officiated by Reverend W. E. Dexter

 

Service Medals Awarded

British War Medal – No. 32397

Victory Medal – No. 32172

Commemorative Plaque/Scroll – No. 306765

 

Memorial Inscriptions

Villers-Brettoneux Memorial France.

Australian War Memorial Canberra – Panel No. 64

Capel War Memorial Western Australia.

 

MEMORIAL

There is a Memorial to this soldier in the Capel Cemetery WA in Section AB2 – Grave No. 26.

( Sincere thanks to Jen THOMSON for advising details of this memorial in her work ” Capel Connections “, February 2018.)