James SCRIMGEOUR
Born 3 February 1887 in Backford, Perthshire, Scotland [30: item 8079455] [389]
Son of James SCRIMGEOUR and Katherine SCOTT [15] [30: item 8079455]
Railway Repairer for the Midland Railway Company in Marchagee in 1913 and 1914 [19] [50]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 9 September 1914 subject to his teeth being seen to [30: item 8079455]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 137 pounds and had hazel eyes, black hair and a dark complexion [30]
After initial training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed to the A Company of he 16th Battalion on 13 October 1914 [30]
Private 219 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion in Egypt and Turkey during the First World War [30]
He was returned to Australia after suffering a fractured skull on the Dardanelles in Turkey on 9 May 1915 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 26 June 1916; received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal [30]
On 17 November 1916 in the Perth suburb of Claremont he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force's Home Service [30]
He was described as having a scar over his left temple from a bullet wound [30]
Following medical advice, he was discharged again from the Australian Imperial Force at his own request on 15 March 1917 [30]
Within a week of his discharge he had secured employment with the Western Australian Government Railways [389]
Railway Labourer in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction from 21 March 1917 until resigning on 9 June 1917 [389]
In 1925 he was working on the Merredin-Narembeen Railway [50]
Married (1) Jean FYFE in Perth in 1927 [15]
His first wife Jean passed away in Perth at the age of 47 years in 1931 [15]
Married (2) Winifred WILLIAMS in Perth in 1932 [15]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [2]
Died 24 December 1960; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Presbyterian, GA, 293) [2]
He, his first wife who died in 1931 and his second wife who died in 1971 were buried in the same plot at Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'James Scrimgeour' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 6 June 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/james-scrimgeour [reference list] |
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