Edward John ABBOTT

Edward John ABBOTT Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

ABBOTT, Edward John

Service Number:	1252
Enlisted:	15 April 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Kensington, South Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Lochiel, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Colt Breaker
Died:	8 September 1947, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lochiel Public Cemetery
Memorials:	Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

15 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1252, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Keswick, South Australia
21 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1252, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide
21 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1252, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Wounded 1252, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

Help us honour Edward John Abbott's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

Father _______ and Mother Margaret Rogers, lived at Tattersall's Boarding House,
Kadina, SA.

Described on enlisting as 28 years 4 months old; single; 5' 9 3/4" tall; 149 lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Roman Catholic.

14/4/1915        Completed medical at Keswick - fit for service
                        Commanding Officer appointed Edward to D Company, Base Infantry
                        Mitcham Camp

15/4/1915 Enlisted in Keswick

21/9/1915 Embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A15 Star of England
Private in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment
**Surname recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as ABBOT.

29/12/1915 Absorbed in Regiment West Front Force,

20/8/1917 Discharged to Moascar, ex Abbassia
Taken on strength - 1st Light Horse, ex hospital

1/10/1917 Traumatic Epilepsy, injury to knee

3/1/1918 Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Moascar
Traumatic Epilepsy

15/2/1918 Transferred to Ulysses for Australia - ex Port Said

15/2/1918         Embarked on board Ulyseus, ex Suez, Egypt
18/3/1918         Disembarked 3MD for 4MD
17/5/1918         Discharged from 4MD

Medals:
WWI 1914-15 Star (2277); British War Medal (558); Victory Medal (5537)

8/9/1947 Edward passed away.
buried in: ________

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 3/11/2014. Lest we forget.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia