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Scragg Arthur Gordon
Australian Private 30th Bn. Australian Infantry 20 Waverley , Sydney , New South Wales 26 september 1917 Son of Amy May Scragg, of "Fairview," Cumberland Rd., Auburn, New South Wales, and the late Arthur Scragg Single Bondi Public School Employee at Clyde Engineering Works , Carriage Driver 5'6" = 1.67 m 122 lbs = 55.3 kg Fresh complexion Dark Grey None Church of England Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot III , Row B , Stone 7 |
Military footsteps
5 july 1915 till 1 august 1915 2 august 1915 11 october 1915 11 december 1915 16 june 1916 23 june 1916 30 july - 9 august 1917 26 september 1917 |
Enlisted at Liverpool , New South Wales Posted to 'X' Coy. Depot Battalion Bugler of 30th Bn. AIF Offence : Neglect of duty at Ras Grounds , Sydney Award : Fined 10/ and 4 days confined to barracks Disembarked at Suez , Egypt ex HMAT 'Beltana' Embarked at Alexandria , Egypt per HT 'Hororata' Disembarked at Marseille On leave to England Killed in action Originally buried South of Plank Road and Southwest of 'Leinster Farm' 1³/4 west of Ypres. Later exhumed and reburied at Birr Cross Roads Cemetery |
Military footsteps
19 may 1915 12 october 1915 4 december 1915 9 december 1915 9 january 1916 22 january 1916 15 february 1916 17 march 1916 23 march 1916 17 november 1916 1 march 1917 18 september 1917 19 october 1917 |
Enlisted at Liverpool , New South Wales Embarked at Sydney per HMAT ' Pera' Proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli , ex Zeitoun , Egypt per SS 'Assaye' Taken on strength 5th Field Ambulance , Australian Army Medical Corps at Anzac Rejoined unit at Tel-el-Kebir , Egypt Discharged to duty (Put Onder Observation) Offence : Whilst on active service neglect of Camp order N°6 at Ismalia of 13 february , in that he rode a transport Camel. Award : Admonished Embarked at Alexandria per SS 'Arcadian' Disembarked at Marseille , France Detached for duty as AMC Detail with the 5th Australian Field Ambulance Bde. Wounded in action but remained with unit Killed in action Awarded the Military Medal posthumously for bravery in the field |