LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Percival Douglas SCOTT
Service No: 4578
Born: Burgh, England, 13 March 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 July 1939 (at RAAF Station Laverton VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Communication Unit
Died: Motor Vehicle Accident, Melbourne, 4 June 1942, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Cremated (Springvale Crematorium VIC)
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Allen Scott and Ada Maude Scott; husband of Thelma Anne Scott, of Sylvania, New South Wales. Clerk in Holy Orders
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 3, Victorian Cremation Memorial, Springvale VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 June 1942, Sergeant Scott, a Clerk General, was accidentally killed while off duty when he was struck by a motor vehicle while alighting from a tram.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/160/210