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SCOTT, David Copeland
(Service number 6/539)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Winchester
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Jess SCOTT (mother), Korari Grange, Winchester, South Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Medal

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		Reason

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Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David Copeland SCOTT. David returned home on Draft No. 221 on the Horarata which was due in Wellington on the 13 March 1919.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [08 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 5 March 1919 (Papers Past) [09 September 2014]

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