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Robert Scott

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
440606
Unit at enlistment: 
36th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 27th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Courcelette British Cemetery - Somme, France - VIII.A.15.
Commemorated at: 
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Victoria Public School Honour Roll
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
54 Lorne Crescent, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
54 Lorne Crescent, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Fireman
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
25
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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches at Courcelette.

BX October 21, 1916

Mrs. John L. Scott, Lorne Crescent, has received word that her son, Private Robert Scott was officially reported wounded between September 26 and 27. Particulars as to his wounding were lacking. Private Scott joined the boys in khaki at Prince Albert in January, 1915. He went overseas last fall with the 32nd Battalion from Camp Hughes. It was in December that he went to France, and he has been in the trenches ever since. David Gordon Scott, a brother, also joined and went overseas last month with the 183rd Battalion from Camp Hughes.

BX June 29, 1917

Previously reported wounded and missing on Sept. 27, 1916. Robert Scott, 5th Infantry Battalion, C.E.F., aged 26 years youngest son of the late John Laird Scott, and Mrs. Scott, Lorne Crescent, and grandson of the late Alexander Scott of Arden, near Glasgow, Scotland is now reported killed in action on that date.

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