| Service Number: | 6 |
|---|---|
| Rank: | Transport Sergeant |
| Age: | 34 |
| Religion: | C of E |
| Marriage status: | Married |
| Calling/trade: | Labourer |
| Address: |
86 Duke-street Richmond Victoria Australia |
| Date joined: | 19/08/14 |
| *A.M.F. Unit: | |
| Regiment: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation |
|
| Date: | 19/10/14 |
| From: | Melbourne |
| On number: | A20 |
| Name: | Hororata |
| Nominal Roll No: | 23/23/1 |
| Division | Headquarters |
Next of Kin |
|
| Name: | Mrs. D. Scoggins |
| Relationship: | Wife |
| Address: | Richmond Victoria Australia |
| Before Embarkation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per Diem | Date to which paid | ||
| S | D | S | D |
| 10 | 0 | 20/10/14 | |
| After Embarkation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily rate, excluding Deferred pay | Allotment in Australia per Diem | Not Rate, not including Allowances or Deferred pay | |||
| S | D | S | D | S | D |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Daily Rate of Deferred Pay, only Inssuable on Completion of Service with Expeditionary Force | |
|---|---|
| S | D |
| 2 | 0 |
Jan Sproull shares the story of her grandfather, David Scoggins who departed from Port Melbourne in the First Convoy aboard the HMAT Hororata. David enlisted on 19 August 1914 in the 6th Battalion and received the regimental number 6. He left behind a wife and two children, and was not able to say goodbye when [...]
