SCOTT, John Adam
(Service number 5/626)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | *1894 | Place of Birth |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Dalgety and Co., Timaru | ||
| Occupation | |||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | J. M. SCOTT (father), Church Street, West Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Army Service Corps | ||
| Date | 9 November 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
| Date of Capture | |
|---|---|
| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 14 November 1964 | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | |||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
John Adam SCOTT was the eldest child of John Henry Scott and Isabella Agnes Millar. His siblings were Thomas Cuthbert (1896-1979), Janie Margaret (1900-1927), Robert Stuart-Chalmers (1903 – 1977) and William James (1907-1979). He married Olive Wanaka Bryan and they had no children.
He left Timaru in October 1915 to go into training camp. He was one of a large group who received a very enthusiastic farewell when they assembled in the drill shed for afternoon tea. The Ven. Archdeacon Jacob said that they were going to answer the call of duty and to help the brave boys who had gone before them and who were doing such splendid work. They were going to fight for King and country, to fight in the cause of right. They marched to the railway station, with the 2nd South Canterbury Regimental Band playing some soul-stirring patriotic airs. "Brave lads," said the Mayor in a voice broken with emotion, ". . . . . We are proud of you for the gallant way you have come forward to assist the Empire in its time of need, .. . . . You are going forward to fight .. . for truth, liberty and justice. . . ."
John SCOTT duied in 1964, and is buried in the Timaru Cemetery along with his wife. His last residing address was 21 Hatton Street, Timaru.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [08 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 6 & 14 October 1915 (Papers Past) [05 October 2014]; SCRoll web submission from J Strand, 23 April 2015
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Currently Assigned to
TS
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!