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ABBOTT, Simeon Lawton

Service Number:	SX5953
Enlisted:	20 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwood, SA, 24 February 1914
Home Town:	Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of Wounds, Libya, 6 August 1941, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya 4 Q 10, Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SX5953, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, SX5953, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles Albert and Mary Annie Abbott, of Woodville Gardens, South Australia