Gunner
George
Edward
Scott
Born in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Effie Lucy (Scott) Thomas, Doris Muriel (Scott) Walker, William Stanley Clifford (Scott) Hardley, Dorothy Ethel Lowther (Prentis) Forrest [half], Edmund Vernon Prentis [half] and Lilac Rose (Prentis) Mutton [half]
Died
at age 21
in At Sea
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Biography
George was born in 1894. He was the son of Arundell Scott and Lucie Harris.
He was baptised on 9 August 1894 at St John's in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, where his father was working as a Farmer[1].
George Scott is an Anzac who served in World War One.
When the 1st World War broke out George was single and living in Bombay, Auckland, New Zealand. He enlisted and served as a Gunner in the New Zealand Field Artillery 4th Reinforcements. His next of kin was recorded as Mrs C. Thomas (sister), Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand. Service Number: 2/1198
EMBARKATION DETAILS: 17 April 1915 from Wellington, New Zealand. HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23. Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo.
Sadly George contracted meningitis and died at sea on 21 November 1915 on board the HMHS Delta, ex Gallipoli. He was just 21 years of age.
Memorial Name
Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey. Memorial Reference: 72.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Reference Number: REG/BAP/5; Description: Vol 05, 1883-1916 (No 3603-7054); Parish: St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Baptisms, 1790-1916. Author: Ancestry.com
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56802466/george-edward-scott), memorial page for George Edward Scott (unknown–21 Nov 1915), Find a Grave Memorial no. 56802466, citing Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey ; Maintained by War Graves (contributor 6)
- Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph [[1]]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~6.25%
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