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ABBOTT, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4146 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norton, Malton, Yorkshire, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Greenbushes, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Bower Memorial School, Norton, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenbushes War Memorial, W.A., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4146, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4146, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4146, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given is given as his brother William Abbot of Kimberley Terrace, Norton, Yorkshire, Malton, England. Also brother of T. Abbott of Hamilton, Ontario, Cananda and Richard Abbott of Malton, England
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal