Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR
9th LHR, AIF
9th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Percy George Scroop
Percy George Scroop
Service number: 1601
Rank: Lance Corporal [L Cpl]
Unit: 9th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 28 December 1916
Cause of death: Illness (Dysentery)
Cemetery or memorial details: IRAQ 8 Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: SCROOP, Lce. Cpl. Percy George, 1601. 9th Australian Light Horse. Died of dysentery 28th Dec., 1916. Age 23. Son of James and Mary Elizabeth Scroop, of Coromandel Valley, South Australia. Angora Mem. 148.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Percy George Scroop from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 1601 |
Place of birth | Clarendon, South Australia |
School | Cherry Gardens Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Sawyer |
Address | Clarendon, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. Mary Scroop, Coromandell, Valley, South Australia |
Enlistment date | 18 August 1915 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of dysentry. |
Fate | Captured as Prisoner of War at Bir el Abd, 9 August 1916. Died of disease whilst a Prisoner of War, 28 December 1916. |
Place of death or wounding | Angora, Turkey |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (Angora Memorial No. 148), Baghdad |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 7 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Mary SCROOP, Coromandel Valley, South Australia |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 9th LHR, Roll of Honour, Percy George Scroop