ABBOTT, Percy Phipps
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14 May 1869 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Hutchins School, Hobart and the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Member of Parliament and Solicitor |
| Died: | Asthmatic bronchitis and heart failure, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 9 September 1940, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
Glen Innes General Cemetery Anglican B |
| Memorials: | Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Training Units, Commandant No. 5 'C' Group Headquarters | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Honoured Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For valuable services during the war in Gallipoli with the Light Horse Regiment | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 30th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
PERCY PHIPPS ABBOTT.
The death on Monday week at Tamworth of Colonel Percy Phipps Abbott, C.M.G., V.D., removes one who played a very prominent part in the politics of Northern New South Wales for many years and whose name was a household word in Country Party circles. He had sat in both the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Federal Parliament.
The late Mr. Abbott, who was 71 years of age, was well known as a solicitor in Glen Innes and Tamworth, and always took a leading part in public life. He entered Federal Parliament in 1913 as member for New England, defeating Mr. Frank Foster, who had held the seat for six years as a member of the Labour Party. At a general election in 1914 he was again returned, retiring in 1919 on his return from the war.
During his absence on active service he was returned unopposed.
In 1925 he again took up politics, being selected as one of the four Senate candidates on behalf of the Bruce-Page Government. He was the Country Party nominee, and was elected on the distribution of preferences. He remained in the Senate for three and a half years, being defeated with the rest of the party nominees in the general election of 1928. In his parliamentary career he was always a vigorous and keen fighter on behalf of his party. During his Senate term he was chosen as the representative of the Australian New States movement on the Federal Royal Commission presided over by Professor Peden, to report on proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution. He submitted a separate report in favour of New States amendments, which were endorsed by the majority of the Royal Commission.
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