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SCOTT, Andrew
(Service number 19055)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	22 May 1886	Place of Birth	Orari

Enlistment Information

Date	6 April 1916	Age	29 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	Kerrytown
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John SCOTT (father), Kerrytown, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 163 lbs. Chest measurement 35½-38 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 5/5. Hearing good. Colour vision normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth - upper artificial, lower good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company
Date	29 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

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

Discharge

Date	21 January 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

24 October 1917 - wounded by a bullet in left cheek and admitted to Walton on Thames Hospital - steadily improving. October 1917 - wounded

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	4 June 1968	Age	82 years
Place of Death	Kerrytown, Temuka (at residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 5 June 1968
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 252, Plot 1022
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Andrew Scott was the fourth son of John and Bridget (née O'Connell) Scott, of Kerrytown. Brother of Marcellius James Scott (who also served in World War One) and Leo Austin Scott. Andrew was baptised on 26 June 1886 in the Temuka Catholic Parish.

Andrew's grandson recounts: "He was injured twice in combat at Passchendaele and at the Somme he survived the War and lived at Kerrytown until he died in 1968 at Kerrytown. He was survived by his wife Mary (nee Fitzgerald) and ten children."

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 August 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0102447) [18 October 2016]; Headstone image Temuka Cemetery (Timaru District Council) [09 August 2014]; Timaru Herald, 5 June 1968 (Timaru District Library) [06/01/2016]; Baptism records (Christchurch Catholic Diocese CD held by South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [23 October 2016]; New Zealand Tablet, 7 May 1914, Timaru Herald, 9 November 1916, 4 December 1916, * January 1919, Star, 9 November 1916, Otago Witness, 31 October 1917 (Papers Past) [02, 03 & 11 December 2018; 13 January 2019]; SCRoll web submission by P Scott, 24 March 2024.

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