James Ellaby ABBOTT

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ABBOTT, James Ellaby

Service Number:	412
Enlisted:	15 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1896
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Crows Nest Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 27 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 412, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 412, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 412, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Alexandre Ladegourdie

His parents were William Henry Neville ABBOTT and Annie Elizabeth WAUGH who married in Sydney in 1890

James Ellaby Abbott was just a normal everyday person just trying to make a living. He was a Labourer getting work where ever he could that didn't require a trade or any form of degree. He lived in the heart of North Sydney. His original house was demolished and turned into a shoppong centre.

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