Ernest ABBEY

ABBEY, Ernest

Service Numbers: 1472, 1317
Enlisted: 18 December 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England, 1896
Home Town: Lancefield, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 20 November 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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World War 1 Service

18 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1472, 8th Infantry Battalion
2 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1472, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1472, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
20 Nov 1916: Involvement Corporal, 1317, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1317 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-20
18 Dec 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1317, 8th Infantry Battalion

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