Oliver Oswald ABBOTT

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ABBOTT, Oliver Oswald

Service Number:	5043
Enlisted:	26 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hoyleton South Australia, 28 December 1881
Home Town:	Katanning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5043, 11th Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5043, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5043, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Aimee Humphreys

According to reports, Oliver Oswald Abbott received a gunshot wound to the head at Mouquet Farm on July 20th 1916. Informant states that he was buried at Mouquet Farm by a man known as "Mary".

Unfortunately, it seems after his father was informed, he received a letter from his son dated incorrectly as August 5th, giving false hope that his son was actually alive.

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