Lieutenant Colonel William John Rendel Scott

Service number VX71997
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Major, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1888-06-21
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Bingara
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 19th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Bingara
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-10
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5421 at position 126
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 6
  • Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:

    Unit
    2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13566 at position 113
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 843 at position 191
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant
    London Gazette
    10 January 1917 on page 454 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1394 at position 150

Timeline

Date of birth 21 June 1888
Date commissioned 05 May 1915
WW1 Service 1 05 May 1915 2lieutenant
Date of recommendation honour or award 18 November 1916
WW1 Service 2 10 April 1917 major 20th battalion
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 September 1917
WW1 Service 3 19 December 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 January 1920 major Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 2 31 March 1921 55th battalion
Interwar Service 3 1922-07-01 - 1922-12-31 commanding officer 55th battalion senior Cdt
Interwar Service 4 20 February 1924 Unattached List
Interwar Service 5 01 July 1926 45th battalion
Interwar Service 6 10 March 1927 commanding officer 45th battalion
Interwar Service 7 01 March 1928 Unattached List
Interwar Service 8 21 October 1930 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 9 01 April 1935 IO 2 DB
Interwar Service 10 1935-10-01 - 1939-08-25 general service officer grade 2 DB
Interwar Service 11 1939-04-14 - 1939-05-17 (full time
Career summary 1 07 December 1939 general service officer grade 2 Eastern Command
Career summary 3 13 January 1942 lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/21st battalion (Gull Force)
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 4 16 January 1942 arrived Ambon
Career summary 5 02 February 1942 missing in action (reported)
Career summary 6 22 February 1942 prisoner of war (reported)
Career summary 7 13 September 1945 arrived Hong Kong ex Hainan
Career summary 8 03 October 1945 Returned to Australia (Syd)
Career summary 9 26 June 1946 Reserve of Officers
Career summary 10 02 April 1947 ED
Career summary 2 AHeadquarters Directorate of Ops