ABBOTT S.C.B.

Given Names:  Sydney Charles Bertram

Service Number:  40

Unit:  4th Light Horse Regiment, machine gun section                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  24 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Surveyor                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  172 Lbs

Chest:  37½-39½ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Sydney Abbott

Peel Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                                

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

 END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  4th Field Company Engineers                                                                                               

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  21/2/1917                       

Place:  England

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  29101

British War Medal:  68561

Victory Medal:  65761

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/11/1889

Place:  Richmond Victoria                        

Father:  Sydney ABBOTT                        

Mother:  Susan Margaret BALL

 MARRIAGE

Year:  1918     

Place:             

Spouse: Isobel Beryl VICTOR

 DEATH

Date or Year: 3/5/1976                            

Place: Parkville, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale (Cremated), Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Upon discharge at the end of WWWI, took up employment with Ministry of Munitions.  Subsequently discharged from Ministry of Munitions on 27/2/1927 in London.

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  Army                                          

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

Hon. Colonel Reserve Officers List 10/4/1946

Australian Scientific Mission to Japan

FURTHER INFORMATION