SCOTT, John Murray

Rank: 
Captain
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Border Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
124144
Died : 
Monday, November 30, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
26
Captain John Scott died during operations in North Africa. At the time of his death, his Commando were engaged in an assault on one of a line of flat topped hills known as Green Hill which was held by the enemy and covered the road and railway running from Tabarka to Mateur.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/4.
The Green Beret by Hilary St. George Saunders.
 
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