Reuben Christopher ABBOTT

ABBOTT, Reuben Christopher

Service Number: 3136
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born: New South Wales, 1893
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor driver
Died: Queensland, 6 September 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

7 Mar 1918: Involvement 3136, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
7 Mar 1918: Embarked 3136, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), SS Ormonde, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Lily-Eun Philp

Reuben Christopher Abbott was born in 1893 in Bungawalbyn, New South Wales

His mother was Mrs. E Clift and his marital status was single before he joined the war.

Abbott enlisted on the 17th of February 1917 in Lismore, New South Wales as an Air Mechanic.  His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Ormonde on the 7th of March 1918.

He saw war service on the Western Front and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

 Abbot Returned to Australia on the 3rd of September 1919 and died on the on 6th of September 1972 at the age of 77 years. Abbott was buried at Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens in Brisbane. His wife joined him a few years later.

 

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