Arthur Roy ABBOTT

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ABBOTT, Arthur Roy

Service Number:	3208
Enlisted:	6 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Homebush, NSW, 27 November 1897
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newtown Public School
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Died of wounds, Mont St. Quentin, France, 6 September 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen R II S 10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial, Strathfield Homebush War Memorial

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3208, 17th Infantry Battalion
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3208, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3208, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William and Elizabeth ABBOTT, 114 Denison Street, Newtown, NSW

Arthur served in Egypt and France and was among the first Australians to arrived in France. He was wounded at Pozieres and invalided to Horseferry Road London. He rejoined his unit and was wounded on a second occasion in September 1917 and invalided to No 1 Australian General Hospital where he died of his wounds on 6 September 1918.

IN SAD AND LOVING MEMORY OF OUR TREASURED SON AND ONLY BROTHER OF TEDDY

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