Richard Harbran (Dick) ABBOT

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ABBOT, Richard Harbran

Service Number:	N101637
Enlisted:	3 January 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Manchester, England, 25 April 1920
Home Town:	Sefton, Bankstown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Metal Polisher
Died:	Haemorrhage from gastric ulcer, Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 1958, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

3 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N101637
3 Feb 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N101637

Richard Harbron Abbot N101637

WW2 Service Record ABBOT, RICHARD HARBRAN Australian Army N101637 Rank Private Birth 25 Apr 1919 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND Enlistment 3 Jan 1941 PADDINGTON, NSW Next of Kin ABBOT, ROSE Discharge 3 Feb 1944 Posting at Discharge HQ NSW L OF C AREA

Richard Harbron Abbot served in Borneo and New Guinea. He returned from WW2 service with injuries and illness. He lost the use of his left eye from shrapnel during a Japanese bombing raid on Darwin while on leave. He suffered from stomach ulcers and possibly PTSD. He died of complications from the ulcers in 1958, aged 38.
He was survived by wife Rose Amelia (Cox) and children Rosalie, Yvonne and Richard Frederick.

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