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ABBOTT, William Thomas

• Personal Details
• Service History
• Personal Stories

Step 1: Personal Details

Service Numbers:	321, WX3220
Enlisted:	25 April 1916, Randwick
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 15 January 1915
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 27 May 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot TT, Row C, Grave 16, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stroud St. John the Evangelist Church Roll of Honour

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Step 2: Service History

World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, Randwick
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, Westkoek, Belgium, Shrapnel wound head slight
10 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
2 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
2 Apr 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
31 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , HT Aeneas, England for return to Australia - arriving Melbourne 12 July 1919 then by rail to NSW.

World War 2 Service

7 Jun 1940:	Enlisted WX3220, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, WX3220, Perth, Western Australia
7 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, WX3220, Perth, Western Australia
21 Jul 1941:	Promoted Lieutenant
21 Jul 1941:	Promoted Lieutenant
24 May 1945:	Promoted Captain, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
24 May 1945:	Promoted Captain, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1945:	Involvement Captain, WX3220, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea

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2/11 Battalion

Rank - Captain

Son of William Charles and Mary Abbott; husband of Laurel Joyce Abbott, of West Perth. Western Australia.

 

 

2/11 Battalion

Rank - Captain

Son of William Charles and Mary Abbott; husband of Laurel Joyce Abbott, of West Perth. Western Australia.

 

 

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