Michael RABBITT

RABBITT, Michael

Service Number: 54
Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Born: Lucindale, South Australia, 30 September 1894
Home Town: Lucindale, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling: Lucindale Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Postal assistant
Died: Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 10 May 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lucindale Michael Rabbitt Memorial, Lucindale War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 54, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 54, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 54, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli
10 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 54, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Bullecourt (Second),

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Biography

Mrs. D. Rabbitt, of Lucindale, has received a cablegram from her son, Pte. William Rabbitt, of the Postal Corps, London, notifying her that her youngest son Sgt. Michael Rabbitt, 22 years, was killed in action in France on May 10. He enlisted as a sapper in August 1914, in the 1st Divisional Signal Company, and left Melbourne with the 1st Contingent in October of that year. He was at the Gallipoli landing with the famous 10th Battalion, and remained with the Anzacs until the evacuation. He was subsequently transferred to France, and from the date of enlistment until the time of his death his services were continuous.

Prior to enlistment he was an officer of the Postal Department, having served four years in the Mount Gambier office, whence he was transferred to Thebarton, from which station he joined the forces.
The Register (Adelaide), 1 June 1917.

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