ABBOTT, Claude Walter
| Service Number: | 13 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | North Council School, Colchester, England |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row J, Grave 22, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 13, 1st Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 13, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Claude is remembered in an extract from a poem by his comrade Sidney J Goss.
‘A friend to all! His merry voice was one we all could love, his upright walk made us rejoice; oft were his thoughts above.’ We, his family never forget.
He is commemorated on the grave of his mother at Ardleigh Cemetery.
Births Mar 1891 Abbott Claude Walter Colchester 4a 587
In 1911 the census shows the following:
Name: Claude W Abbott
Age in 1911: 20
Civil parish: Ardleigh
Butcher, Ardleigh, Nr Colchester, Essex
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Assistant Butcher
Household Members:
Walter Abbott 47
Sarah A Abbott 48
Mabel E Abbott 22
Claude W Abbott 20
Alfred E Abbott 18
Clifford C Abbott 12
Olive M Abbott 11
Doris M Abbott 9
Frank J Abbott 7
Martha F Houlding 45
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1891 Abbott Claude Walter Colchester 4a 587
Enlisted: 25-8-1914, Sydney, New South Wales
He is commemorated on the war memorial and on the Roll of Honour at Ardleigh in Essex. Honoured on the Australian War Memorial Panel 182
INSCRIPTION on his war grave
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
Biography
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years
1 Field Ambulance
Rank - Private
Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.
Killed in action, 29 May 1915.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served 4 years with the Essex Imperial Yeomanry, Territorial Force, England
Son of Walter and Sarah Ann Abbott, of The Hollies, Ardleigh, Colchester, England. Brother of Lt Alfred Edward Abbott DCM, served with the British Army; Clifford Charles Abbott, served 2.6 years in the Motor Transport Section, British Army, Mesopotamia.
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