ABBOTT, Christopher Ernest
| Service Number: | 5026 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ararat, Vic., 1875 |
| Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | 5 December 1936, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warracknabeal Public Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5026, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5026, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ABBOTT - The death took place last Saturday of Mr. Christopher Abbott. Deceased, who was a brother to Mr. A. Abbott (of Warracknabeal) and Mrs. W. Abbott (of Ararat), was aged 61 years and 10 months. He was born at Ararat and went to Warracknabeal with his parents when only two years of age. His parents, who are both now deceased, were among the early pioneer families to settle in that district, where they took up land at Lake Whitton about 1876. Mrs. J.R. Taylor and Mrs. T. Leeke, of Warracknabeal, are sisters of deceased and another sister, Miss. L. Abbott, is in West Australia. Deceased was a returned soldier and leaves a grown up family.