John Francis ABBOTT

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ABBOTT, John Francis

Service Number:	SX9126
Enlisted:	18 July 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	22 Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop AAOC
Born:	Peterborough, South Australia, 31 October 1908
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Nackara School
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Malaya, 6 May 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Plot 2, Row D, Grave 6, Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Peterborough District Town Hall Honour Board WW2, Peterborough WW2, Korea & Vietnam War Memorial, Ucolta Memorial Hall (Remains)

World War 2 Service

18 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX9126, Adelaide, South Australia
18 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX9126
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
6 May 1942:	Involvement Corporal, SX9126, 22 Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop AAOC, Prisoners of War

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Biography contributed by Kiana Binnington

Husband of Eileen May Abbott, of Glenelg, South Australia.

Son of John Joseph and Emily Jane Abbott of Glenelg, South Australia - late of 'Mount Cone Station' Nackara.

Corporal John Francis Abbott served in the Australian army in World War Two which began in 1939-1945, he died from illness as a prisoner of war in Malaya on the sixth of May in 1942. He was born in Peterborough, South Australia on the 31st October 1908 and grew up in Glenelg, Holdfast Bay in South Australia. His parents John Joseph and Emily Jane Abbott grew up in Glenelg, South Australia and his wife Eileen May Abbott also grew up in the area.

John was a member of the Freemasons' Lodge.

He enlisted himself for the war on the 18th July in 1940 which made him thirty two when he enrolled. He worked as a grazier which is someone who fattens cattle before he enlisted to fight in ww2. His schooling at the time is unknown as he may or may not have gone to school or dropped out at an early age. the last rank he serves was a coropal in the ww2 air force, during his service he was imprisoned in Malaya in Singapore on the 15th of February 1942 and was held captive and died of illness on the sixth of May in 1942.

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