ABBOTT, Ernest William
| Service Number: | 1516 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | White Hills, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France Panel 2, VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1516, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1516, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1516, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1516 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Mother wrote to Base Records, 17 March 1917:
'I have had letters from three different soldiers, who told me he was shot in the stomache (sic) and he was in the dressing shed behind the lines and had his wounds dressed from that all trace of him is lost. One soldier who wrote was in the shed at the same time getting his wounds dressed ... Is it likely he could be a prisoner and not be able to write, I am sure he would if he possible (sic) could it is eight months now and the suspense is awful.'
Biography
30 Battalion
Rank - Lance Corporal
15 February 1916 - Joined A Company, 30th Bn, Tel-el-Kebir
11 March 1916 - Appointed Lance Corporal
16 June 1916 - Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force
23 June 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France
20 July 1916 - Wounded in action and reported missing. Was seen to have severe wound to abdomen
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Worked for Abbott & Son. Potters of Five Dock
Son of William Edman and Mary Ann Abbott, 90 Ramsay Road, Haberfield, Sydney, New South Wales. Brother of 3186 Pte Herbert Abbott, 56th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917, Charles Frederick Abbott and George Robert Harbour Abbott. Ernest also had three sisters, Alice Elizabeth Jane Abbott, born 1885, Elsie Emma Abbott, born 1887, and Gertrude Abbott, born in 1897 and twin to Herbert.
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