ABBOTT, Thomas Kingsmill
| Service Numbers: | 10, 4351 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | "Abbotsford" Wingen, NSW, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wingen, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Armidale School |
| Occupation: | Station Overseer |
| Died: | Wollongong, NSW, 11 July 1933, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 10, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 10, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 9 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4351, 19th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4351, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4351, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
THE LATE MR. T. K. ABBOTT.
The tidings of the untimely death of Mr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, which reached Scone early on Tuesday last, were heard throughout the district with feelings of profound regret. The deceased, who was within a few months of his 42nd birthday, was born at "Abbotsford," Wingen, two months after the death of his father, Mr. T. K. Abbott, formerly police magistrate at Gunnedah, and S.M., Sydney, and a leading cricketer of other days, and lived the greater part of his life at Wingen. A fine cricketer, and a sportsman in every fibre of his being, 'Tommy' will be mourned by a wide circle of both team-mates and opponents on the playing fields; and in the sterner realms of warfare by many old comrades-in-arms. Tho deceased was educated at the Armidale School, and his name is an outstanding one in the athletic records of that place; a long line of silver cups will now bear mute testimony of his prowess in practically all branches of athletics.
The deceased volunteered for active service immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities, being No. 10 of 2nd Battalion, A.I.F., and he took part in the landing at Gallopoli, where he received a wound which incapacitated him for further active service, although he was able to take up duty in the training of recruits in England. Upon his return to Australia, the late Mr. Abbott took over the management of 'Murrulla,' Wingen, for his uncle, the late Mr. W.E. Abbott. He was subsequently elected to the Upper Hunter Pastures Protection Board, and was later Chairman for some time. He conducted the business of the Board with conspicuous ability, and enjoyed in full measure the confidence and liking of his fellow-directors.
The late Mr. Abbott was married in 1917 to Miss Rhoda Curnow, whose father was for many years manager of the Bank of N.S. Wales at Scone, and he is survived by his widow and three children; to whom a wide and sincere sympathy is extended. To his mother, Mrs. Marion Abbott, his sister, Mrs. A. P. Parbury, and his brother, Mr. A. C. L. Abbott, M.H.R., the heartfelt sympathy of a large circle of friends is also extended.