Lot 3504

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Group of Eight: Military Medal (GVR); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory medal 1914-19; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; British War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 19139-45. 256 L.Cpl G H Scott 8/Aust. A.I.F. on first medal, 256 Dvr G.H.Scott 8/Bn A.I.F. on second medal, 256 Sjt G.H.Scott 8/Bn A.I.F. on third and fourth medals, N270671 G.H.Scott fifth to eighth medals. All medals impressed. Very fine.

George Harold Scott. 256 8th Battalion. Enl.18Aug1914 R.T.A.25Jun1918 Dis.24Jan1919. Operations Gallipoli from 25Apr1915. To Camp Tel El Kabir Jan1916. Operations France and Flanders from Apr1916 with Headquarters and D Company, 8th Battalion as Lance Corporal, promoted Sergeant 07May1918. Enl Full Time Militia 22May1941 and allocated to the Australian Army Medical Corps with 113th Australian General Hospital, Concord Sydney. Lance Corporal 18Nov1941, Corporal 14Feb1942, Lance Sergeant 14Feb1942. Dis.05Aug1948 but remained with Regular Army Supplementary Reserve as NP84470. MM. L.G.: 28Jan1918, C.G.: 27Jun1918 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the operations on Brooseinde Ridge east of Ypres from 4th to 8th October 1917. This NCO who belongs to the Transport Section daily took parties of pack horses into the heavily shelled area and each time reached his objective, with rations and water at times when water was very badly needed. He also conveyed two cookers up the road when it was being heavily shelled; he was unable to wait until the shelling ceased as the men forward were waiting for the hot rations. Another time during a very dark night and under very severe shelling one pair of horses dislodged the driver and bolted off towards the line. L/Cpl Scott dismounted and ran after them not knowing where they were going and discovered the horses and wagon in the custody of troops near the support lines. He returned to the dump an hour afterwards and delivered the rations'.