ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

SCOTT, Percy James

SCOTT, Percy James

Full Name: Percy James

SCOTT

Date of Birth: 10

–

1889

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: 4599

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-10-08

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

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: Died of Illness

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Etaples France

Age at Death: 26

Burial Location: Etaples Military Cemetery Plot 5, Row C, Grave 3A

19/10/1915-To 33 Depot as Private
16/12/1915-To 11th Battalion 14th Reinforcements
4/04/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
23/04/1916-Admitted Base Depot Hospital Etaples France ( Influenza )
23/04/1916-Admitted 26th General Hospital Etaples
25/04/1916-Reported Seriously Ill, then Dangerously Ill
5/05/1916-DIED OF ILLNESS ( Pneumonia ) Etaples France

 

MEMORIAL

There is a Memorial to this soldier in the Capel Cemetery WA.

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