Charles Henry ABBOTT

ABBOTT, Charles Henry

Service Number: 4261
Enlisted: 16 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling: State School, Maryborough, Victoria
Occupation: Miner
Died: Died of wounds, nr Loos, France, 26 May 1917
Cemetery: Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot 1, Row E, Grave 21 C.J. Horsley-Smith officiated, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Kalgoorlie Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Western Australia State War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
1 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4261, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4261, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: Name incorrectly spelt on original record as "Charles Henry Abborr".
1 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4261, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
1 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4261, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
26 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4261, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4261 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-05-26

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Biography

3rd Tunnelling Company

Rank - Sapper

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of James and Margaret Abbott. Brother of John Abbot of 13 Outridge Terrace, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia