William Robert ABBOT

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Service Numbers:	VX135510, V40234
Enlisted:	12 August 1940, Militia Mobilization.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 December 1916
Home Town:	Burwood, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 6 June 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot B4. Row C. Grave 11. Personal Inscription: - "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN. DUTY NOBLY DONE. IN GOD'S CARE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, VX135510
12 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V40234, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Militia Mobilization.
26 Jan 1943:	Enlisted In The Field, Victoria, Australia
26 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX135510, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
6 Jun 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX135510, 24th Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action.

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Other service number V40234

24 Battalion

Rank - Corporal

Son of William and Margaret Abbot, of Burwood, Victoria.