William Thomas ABBOTT

ABBOTT, William Thomas

Service Numbers: 321, WX3220
Enlisted: 25 April 1916, Randwick
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western 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
Plot TT, Row C, Grave 16, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stroud St. John the Evangelist Church Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, Randwick
16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 321, 1st Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, Westkoek, Belgium, Shrapnel wound head slight
10 Apr 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
2 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
2 Apr 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
31 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , HT Aeneas, England for return to Australia - arriving Melbourne 12 July 1919 then by rail to NSW.

World War 2 Service

7 Jun 1940: Enlisted WX3220, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, WX3220, Perth, Western Australia
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

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Biography

2/11 Battalion

Rank - Captain

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