SCOTT, Rupert
(Service number 18034)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank | Driver |
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Birth
| Date | 4 August 1894 | Place of Birth | Christchurch |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Ahuriri Flat, Otago | ||
| Occupation | Warehouseman | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs W. SCOTT (mother), Hororata, Ctherbury; then Glenavy | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
| Date | 2 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Opawa | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Field Artillery | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 23 September 1957 | Age | 63 years |
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| Place of Death | Wakari Hospital, Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated & ashes interred at Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | Glenavy and District Roll of Honour (served) | ||
Biographical Notes
Rupert Scott was born on 4 August 1894 at Heathcote, Christchurch, the younger son of William and Isabella Buchanan (née McLean) Scott. Rupert’s early education was at Heathcote Valley School. At the age of thirteen he transferred to Lyttelton District High School.
Rupert was a warehouseman, residing at Ahuriri Flat, Otago, when he enlisted. The family had been a few years at Ahuriri Flat, until his parents and sister moved to Hororata in 1914. Hororata was the address of his mother who was his nominated next-of-kin. Mrs W. Scott was subsequently at Glenavy and there when Rupert rerurned from the war.
Corporal R. Scott embarked with the New Zealand Field Artillery per the “Opawa” on 2 January 1917. R. Scott, of Glanavy, was one of 1128 soldiers aboard the “Maunganui”, which left on 17 May 1919 and arrived at Wellington on 24 June 1919.
Rupert married Elizabeth Dorcas South in 1923. He died on 4 September 1957 at Wakari Hospital, Dunedin, and was cremated, his ashes being interred at Andersons Bay Cemetery. His wife died in 1986 and her ashes were interred in the same plot. Driver Rupert Scott, 18th Reinforcements, is named on the Glenavy Honours List of Soldiers who saw active service in the Great War 1914-1918. His brother, John William Scott, may have been the farm labourer of Waimate who was called up in 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 June 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 June 2021]; School Admission records (Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 June 2021]; Andersons Bay Cremation record & headstone image (Dunedin City Council) [06 June 2021]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [07 June 2021]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [07 April 2015]
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