Clifford John ABBOTT

ABBOTT, Clifford John

    Service Number: NX52416
    Enlisted: 2 July 1940, Paddington, NSW, Australia
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
    Born: Crows Nest, New South Wales, 30 June 1903
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Guillotine Hand
    Died: Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 39 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    At Sea.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, NX52416, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
    2 Jul 1940: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX52416, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , 1st-Involved: 02/07/1940 to 11/05/1940, Unit: 2nd/5th Australian Infantry Battalion. (NAA, Pg-3).
    2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX52416
    2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX52416, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Paddington, NSW, Australia
    12 Aug 1940: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX52416, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, 2nd-Involved: 12/08/1940 to 16/09/1940, Unit: 2nd/18th Australian Infantry Battalion. (NAA, Pg-3).
    12 Aug 1940: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-3)
    10 Sep 1940: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX52416, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, 3rd-Involved: 01/09/1940 to 11/08/1941, Unit: 22 Anti-Tank Battery.
    10 Sep 1940: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Unit: 22 Anti-Tank Battery. (NAA, Pg-3).
    12 Aug 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX52416, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Last Involved: 12/08/1941 to 01/07/1942, Unit: 17 Anti-Tank Battery. Reported for official purposes - POW (Montevideo Maru) presumed dead. (NAA, Pg-4).
    12 Aug 1941: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Unit: 17 Anti-Tank Battery. (NAA, Pg-3).
    15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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    Biography

    17 Anti Tank Battery

    Rank - Gunner

    Son of William Henry Neville Abbott and Annie Elizabeth Abbott.

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