Peter Scott was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. His first appointment, in 1949, was in Japan, followed by service in Korea in 1951. In 1969 Peter was posted to Woodside to command the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, and to prepare for its second tour of Vietnam. Peter speaks of his career in the army; his service during the Occupation of Japan, the Korean War and the Vietnam War; and of his observations of the physical and psychological effect that service in Vietnam had on many of the soldiers who served there under his command.

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Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War [Department of Veterans' Affairs: includes Nominal Roll and History]