Bruce Gidley ABBOTT

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Service Numbers:	NX66389, 5871
Enlisted:	11 December 1940
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1908
Home Town:	Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling:	The Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Permanent Soldier
Died:	Roseville, New South Wales, Australia, 28 August 1995, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial

11 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX66389, 2nd/15th Field Regiment
29 Jul 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX66389, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Embarked from Sydney on the SS ‘Katoomba’.
15 Aug 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX66389, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Disembarked Singapore.
15 May 1943:	Imprisoned Fall of Singapore.
25 Jul 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX66389, 2nd/15th Field Regiment
7 Aug 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX66389
Date unknown:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 5871, Previous service; With the Australian Independent Company (Second World War).

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