ABBOTT, Aubrey
| Service Numbers: | 184, 419 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 4 May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wingen, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mounted Police Constable |
| Died: | 30 April 1975, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Surry Hills NSW Police Force Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 184, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 184, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 184, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 419, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 419, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 419, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. Abbott, one of the 'True Blue'' Progressive candidates for Namoi, is a son of the late Mr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, who was for years Police Magistrate at Gunnedah, and subsequently Stipendiary Magistrate in Sydney. He is a nephew of the late Sir Joseph Abbott and Mr. W. E. Abbott, of 'Murrulla,' Wingen. Although still on the sunny side' of life, he appears to have had rather an adventurous career. In a biographical sketch, it is stated that his branch of the family was not wealthy, and at the early age of 15, on the death of his, father, he chose to and had to shift for himself. He walked out of Sydney, and as jackeroo, shearer, camp cook, cane-cutter in Queensland, harvester, and a gold and sapphire miner, he tramped and 'swagged it' over the States of
N.S. Wales and Queensland. He also joined the Mounted Police of this State. When the war broke out, he enlisted immediately and sailed on active service on August 18, only a fortnight after the declaration of war. He sailed with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, and participated in the capture of the German possessions, chiefly those ' of New Guinea and Nauru. Returning to Sydney in February, 1915, he immediately re-enlisted in the 12th Light Horse Regiment, and left with them in June as a corporal. He gained his commission on Gallipoli in October of that year, and was the first trooper of the 12th Light Horse to rise to the rank of Captain in that unit. In 1916, he mar ried Miss Hilda Harnett, daughter of Mr. John Harnett of Monaro, who had been working in Egypt and England with the Australian Red Cross Society. Mr. Abbott, now resides on his property near Kootingal, in the Tamworth district. - 8 May 1925
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