William Thomas ABBOTT

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Service Number:	WX3220
Enlisted:	7 June 1940, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 15 January 1915
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 27 May 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot TT, Row C, Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE... LOVED BY ALL".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, WX3220, Perth, Western Australia
7 Jun 1940:	Enlisted WX3220, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, WX3220, Perth, Western Australia
21 Jul 1941:	Promoted Lieutenant
21 Jul 1941:	Promoted Lieutenant
24 May 1945:	Promoted Captain, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
24 May 1945:	Promoted Captain, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1945:	Involvement Captain, WX3220, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea
27 May 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, WX3220, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Wewak Air Drome area.

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2/11 Battalion

Rank - Captain

Son of William Charles and Mary Abbott; husband of Laurel Joyce Abbott, of West Perth. Western Australia.