Harold Claude ABBEY

ABBEY, Harold Claude

    Service Number: 158
    Enlisted: 19 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Yarraville, Victoria Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
    Schooling: Alfred Crescent SS
    Occupation: Woodworker
    Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Town Hall Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 158, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 158, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 158, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    Date unknown: Involvement 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography

    Son of Frederick B and Elsie Lillian Abbey of 17 Albert Street, Yarraville Victoria

    Died of wounds to most of his body from a hand grenade and was buried at sea

    Harold C. Abbey (22), was a member of B. Company, 14th Battalion, and a resident of 17 Albert street, Yarraville. He was the eldest son of Mr Fred. B. Abbey, and prior to enlisting was employed at the Oriental Timber Mills, Geelong, and was a well-known member of the Carlton Tent, I.O.R.

     

     

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