Herbert ABBOTT

ABBOTT, Herbert

Service Number: 3186
Enlisted: 14 February 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Potter
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World War 1 Service

14 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
2 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3186, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3186, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
26 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown: Involvement 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography

30 Battalion

Rank - Private

22 July 1917 - Returned to Australia. Heart problems

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of William Edman and Mary Ann Abbott, 90 Ramsay Road, Haberfield, Sydney, New South Wales. Brother of 1516 Ernest William Abbott killed in action 20 July 1916 at Frommelles, Charles Frederick Abbott and George Robert Harbour Abbott. Herbert also had three sisters, Alice Elizabeth Jane Abbott, born 1885, Elsie Emma Abbott, born 1887, and Gertrude Abbott, born in 1897 and Herbert's twin.

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