Harold SCARCE
Personal
Born: 28 October, 1893
Birth registration: Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration No. 32655
Birthplace: Kangaroo Ground, Victoria
Parents: Father, Thomas Scarce (1853-1898)
Mother, Mrs Emily Scarce (nee Wippell), Melton, Victoria
Died: 23 October, 1975
Place of death: Wangaratta, Victoria; Registration No. 25630
Awards and Honours
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
Australian Army Service Corps, October 1916 Reinforcements; 5th Machine Gun Regiment
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 12982
Enlistment date: 7 October, 1916 Melbourne
Age at enlistment: 22 years 11 months
Address at enlistment: Melton
Religion: Church of England
Marital Status: Single
Next of kin: Mother: Mrs Emily S. Scarce,
Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Weight: 170 pounds
Complexion: Medium
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Distinctive marks: Scars on inside left elbow and back of neck.
Embarkation ship: HMAT A38Ulysses.
Rank: Sergeant
Return Date: 5 July, 1919
Return Vessel: Port Melbourne.
Arrival at Australia: 20 August, 1919.At: Melbourne, Victoria
Discharge Date: 27 September, 1919
War Service Summary
25/10/1916 - Proceeded overseas to England
27/12/1916 - Australian Army Service Corp; England
30/07/1917 - Transferred to 5th Division Machine Gun Coy while in England
07/09/1917 - Proceeded overseas to France
24/07/1918 - Promoted; Sergeant
12/05/1919 - Returned to England
05/07/1919 - Returned to Australia
20/08/1919 - Disembarked Melbourne
27/09/1919 - Discharged
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
1922 - Married Lucy Mary Hardy (1902-1970)
Four children including
Rodney Harold Scarce (d. 2006)
Place/s of residence:
Melton,
Roslynmead, Echuca district
Walwa district, near Wangaratta
Occupations:
Farmer
Date of death: 23/10/1975 Wangaratta Reg. # 25630
Additional Information
The Bacchus Marsh Express
11 July 1914, P. 2
Melton footballers visit Bacchus Marsh to-day, and are determined for a win.
The team to represent Melton against Bacchus Marsh to-day, at Bacchus Marsh, will be chosen from P. Exell (Captain), Gleeson, Dodemaide (2), Matheson, Barnes, Brislan, Scarce, Gaitskill, Cameron, Mac Guire (2), Looney, Butler, Lovell, Asker, Minns, Carew, Robinson, Exell, Bird, Burton. Players are notified that the drag will leave punctually at 12.45.
Our footballers suffer another loss from their ranks, as "Mick" Dodemaide is going to play for North Melbourne.
Sources
Service Record
Newspaper accounts