ABBOTT, William Ethelbert
| Service Number: | 1412 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Ireland, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Planter |
| Died: | Shell-Fire, Peronne, France, 3 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy Grave reference: III. D. 20. INSCRIPTION FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH REVELATION 2.10 , Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1412, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1412, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 1412, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1412 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
2nd Bn.Australian Machine Gun Corps
He was 35 and the son of the late Rev. J. and Phoebe Abbott. of County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Address before emigration-Blacklion, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia 27
Next of kin-Aunt, Mrs Mary Know, 'Killeshar', Westmead, Parramatta, New South Wales.
Previous military service
Served for 3 years in the Imperial Yeomanry, Northern Ireland.
Enlistment date 17 May 1915
Place of enlistment Liverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name-20th Battalion, D Company
Age at embarkation 32.
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/37/5
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 26 June 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll-Driver
Unit from Nominal Roll-2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
Soldier listed place of birth as Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Ireland; mother as Co Cavan, Ireland.
He is honoured on the Enniskillen War Memorial
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Proceeded from Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 August 1915.
Wounded in action, 13 December 1915 (shrapnel wound, head); admitted to 13th Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 14 December 1915. Transferred by hospital ship to Alexandria, 23 December 1915, and admitted to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis. Rejoined unit, Tel el Kebir, 19 January 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 25 March 1916.
Attached to 5th Machine Gun Company, 23 July 1916; taken on strength, 5th Machine Gun Company, 18 December 1916; mustered as Driver, 1 May 1917.
On leave to United Kingdom, 15 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 7 March 1918.
Reverted to Private at own request, 28 June 1918.
NAA: B2455, ABBOTT William Ethelbert
Family/military connections
Stepbrothers: 509 Corporal Arthur Stewart KNOX, 12th Light Horse, returned to Australia, 30 August 1918 (died 1925);
4320 Pte Charles William KNOX, 29th Bn, killed in action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 27 September 1917.
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