ABBOTT, David
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 23 January 1943 |
Last Rank: | Deck Boy |
Last Unit: | 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur) |
Born: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1926 |
Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Scotch College, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Deck Boy |
Died: | Drowned sinking of HMAHS Centaur, At sea off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1943 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
23 Jan 1943: | Enlisted | |
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14 Apr 1943: | Involvement Merchant Navy, Deck Boy, 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was a 16 y.o. Deck Boy in the Australian Merchant Navy, the son of Sydney Charles Bertram and Isabel Beryl Abbott of Camberwell, Victoria.
David died when the H.M.A.S. 'Centaur' was torpedoed.
His brother, Flying Officer 400404 Sydney Charles Bertram ABBOTT (/explore/people/617648) also served, and was killed in an aircraft accident in Norfolk, England on 09 Aug 1943. Sydney was laid to rest in Marham Cemetery.