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ABBOTT, William Vincent
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX36790 |
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Enlisted: | 10 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Isisford, Qld., 16 July 1912 |
Home Town: | Cowes, Bass Coast, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cowes War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX36790 | |
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10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Park, Victoria, Australia | |
10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX36790, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Son of William Henry and Lillian Elizabeth Abbott, of East Geelong, Victoria.