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SCOTT, Walter Lindsay
(Service number 63427)

Aliases	Often spelt Linzie
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13 January 1882	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	2 July 1917	Age
Address at Enlistment	Kauroo Hill, Maheno
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single on enlistment; married 6 days before embarkation.
Next of Kin	Mrs Emily Ada SCOTT (wife), Matakana Lower
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 178 lbs. Chest measurement 37-40½ inches. Eyes blue. Hair dark brown, slightly bald. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Illnesses - trivial. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccination mark - left. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No dits. Fit Class A.

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	32nd Reinforcements F Company
Date	21 November 1917
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European - Army of Occupation 1918-1919
Service Medals	British War 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	26 June 1919	Reason	On Termination of Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	31 January 1954	Age	72 years
Place of Death	20 Brougham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 1 February 1954
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Walter Lindsay Scott was the second son of James Kinnear and Jessie Elizabeth (née McConnachie) Scott, of Winchester.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 December 2018]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5553 0102770) [11 December 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 August 2014]; Timaru Herald, 1 & 6 February 1954 (Timaru District Library) [11 December 2018]; Temuka Leader, 24 December 1891, 6, 20 & 22 August 1903, 7 January 1909, 29 December 1910, Oamaru Mail, 13 March 1909, 14 April 1910, 10 August 1911, 13 April 1914, 11 July 1917, 11 & 21 August 1917, North Otago Times, 20 April 1916, 7 June 1917, 11 July 1917, 22 August 1917, Otago Daily Times, 11 July 1917, Auckland Star, 5 December 1917 (Papers Past) [11 & 12 December 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [11 December 2018]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [12 December 2018]

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