Lieutenant Colonel William John Rendell Scott

Service number VX71997
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 21/06/1888
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Bingara
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 19th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Bingara
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Draft of wording of an open postcard written from Melbourne in February 1947 by VX71997 ...

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Date of death
Career summary 2 AHeadquarters Directorate of Ops
Date of birth 21/06/1888
Date commissioned 05/05/1915
WW1 Service 1 05/05/1915 2lieutenant
Date of recommendation honour or award 18/11/1916
WW1 Service 2 10/04/1917 major 20th battalion
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/09/1917
WW1 Service 3 19/12/1918 Embarkation staff officer
WW1 Service 4 1919-05-01 - 1919-09-06 Pres., Board of Survey and Fitting of Tpt
Interwar Service 1 01/01/1920 major Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 2 31/03/1921 55th battalion
Interwar Service 3 1922-07-01 - 1922-12-31 commanding officer 55th battalion senior Cdt
Interwar Service 4 20/02/1924 Unattached List
Interwar Service 5 01/07/1926 45th battalion
Interwar Service 6 10/03/1927 commanding officer 45th battalion
Interwar Service 7 01/03/1928 Unattached List
Interwar Service 8 21/10/1930 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 9 01/04/1935 IO 2 DB
Interwar Service 10 1935-10-01 - 1939-08-25 general service officer grade 2 DB
Career summary 1 07/12/1939 general service officer grade 2 Eastern Command
Interwar Service 11 1939-04-14 - 1939-05-17 (full time
Career summary 6 22/02/1942 prisoner of war (reported)
Appointment 1942-01-13 - 1942-02-02 Battalion: 2/21st; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: AHeadquarters Directorate of Operations; Reason for end of appointment: prisoner of war: Captured Ambon
Career summary 5 02/02/1942 missing in action (reported)
Career summary 3 13/01/1942 lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/21st battalion (Gull Force)
Career summary 4 16/01/1942 arrived Ambon
Career summary 8 03/10/1945 Returned to Australia (Syd)
Career summary 7 13/09/1945 arrived Hong Kong ex Hainan
Career summary 9 26/06/1946 Reserve of Officers
Career summary 10 02/04/1947 ED

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